MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Stetson University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 3, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

115state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Stetson University →3 incidents on file

Stetson University notified affected individuals of a ransomware attack on its third-party vendor, Blackbaud. The cybercriminal exfiltrated data from Blackbaud's systems between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. Stetson discovered the incident on July 16, 2020. The compromised data may have included Social Security numbers and other personal information. Approximately 115 Rhode Island residents were impacted. Stetson engaged external cybersecurity professionals and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_22af5c9dfd8abdf12020-11-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_611000f7777640c12020-10-08 · +26dCandidate

Name: Stetson University
norm: stetson university

Name: Stetson University
norm: stetson university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 115state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 8 · first

Massachusetts State AG+26d

California State AG+26d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (NH), last Nov 3 (CA) — a 26-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195773
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 3, 2020
Raw hash: e34966c061bc3c62ad34cbb24429de2eb07fbe439aa8c518bea026ced140e342

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStetson University

Victim entityStetson University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov