MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

NORTH UNIVERSITY PARK, LLC

bd_6527cba2467bdb5a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 13, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

1,239state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for NORTH UNIVERSITY PARK, LLC →3 incidents on file

North Park University notified WA AG of a ransomware incident affecting its third-party vendor Blackbaud. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. North Park discovered the potential exposure of donor data (name, DOB) on July 16, 2020, and notified 1,239 Washington residents on Jan 13, 2021.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d26 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 13, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,239 affectedView incident

Name: NORTH UNIVERSITY PARK, LLC
norm: north university park

Name: NORTH UNIVERSITY PARK, LLC
norm: north university park
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,239state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Worked with forensic investigators
Worked with Blackbaud to learn more about the incident
Identified and notified affected individuals
Provided contact details for national consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10389.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2021
Raw hash: 284de263c15d19fb492ca4269c3c89dda5de8c77940e2c86361d6ab6caa5e72f

Reporting entityNORTH UNIVERSITY PARK, LLC

Victim entityNORTH UNIVERSITY PARK, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com