MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEducationIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 17, 2020

Filed

Sep 23, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1,967state residents only

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY →2 incidents on file

Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) notified the Washington AG of a ransomware incident affecting its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The breach exposed names, dates of birth, and student IDs of 1,967 Washington residents. Data was exfiltrated between April 18 and May 7, 2020. PLNU was notified by Blackbaud on July 17, 2020, and sent notifications to affected individuals on September 23, 2020.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d10 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 · 90 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Apr 18, 2020

Begins

Jul 17, 2020

Discovered

Sep 23, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,967 affectedView incident

Name: POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
norm: point loma nazarene university
Domain: pointloma.edu
Industry: Education

Name: POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
norm: point loma nazarene university
Domain: pointloma.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2020 – May 7, 2020
Undetected for: 90 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,967state-resident count only
Data types: EducationIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameDate of birthStudent ID number
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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted a comprehensive search for any personal information stored in the Blackbaud systems
Formally notifying the potentially impacted Washington residents
Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud and the technical controls in place for securing PLNU’s data in the Blackbaud system
Changes made: Reviewing its relationship with Blackbaud and the technical controls in place for securing PLNU’s data in the Blackbaud system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
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/BreachM10320.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2020
Raw hash: cfda79b41b5fbab4db9522354603d63c5d7125ce1c4f9d5c74edd8af282b483b

Reporting entityPOINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

Victim entityPOINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2020

Stated responseConducted a comprehensive search for any personal information stored in the Blackbaud systems

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com