MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 24, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY →3 incidents on file

University of Detroit Mercy notified NH AG of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) breach. Cybercriminals exfiltrated data (names, SSNs) from Blackbaud systems between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, via ransomware attack. 28 NH residents affected. Notification sent Aug 14, 2020. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 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 (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_aa80fb8834d557062020-08-17 · +7dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_5345177a0577985b2020-08-14 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_d8e3aff7bff7bd232020-08-14 · +10dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY
norm: university of detroit mercy
Domain: udmercy.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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 New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Engaged forensic experts and law enforcement
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGAug 14 · first

Indiana State AGAug 14 · first

California State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 14 (MA), last Aug 24 (NH) — a 10-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/detroit-mercy-20200824.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2020
Raw hash: 92489bc4b6fd221c62d370fe200307ab5c1bb6b69358c97abbea0bf146894a21

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov