MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Mar 19, 2021

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC. →4 incidents on file

Barry University notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving its third-party provider, Blackbaud. The incident involved an attempted ransomware attack and subsequent data exfiltration by a threat actor between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The breach affected approximately 8 New Hampshire residents, exposing full names and financial account information. Barry University engaged forensic experts, determined the scope, and began notifying affected individuals on March 12, 2021. Blackbaud paid the ransom to ensure data destruction and enhanced security controls.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 246 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Mar 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_79fd5d6cc034c5dd2021-03-13 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7a079016e4ed4fde2021-03-13 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_70cb3e5de43234f52021-03-12 · +7dCandidate

Name: BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC.
norm: barry university
Domain: barry.edu

Name: BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC.
norm: barry university
Domain: barry.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaudthird party service provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents
Initiated an internal investigation
Demanded detailed information from Blackbaud about the nature and scope of the incident
Provided affected residents with written notification
Advised affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Advised affected residents to contact their financial institutions
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Blackbaud is conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Hired a third-party team of experts, including a team of forensic accountants, to continue monitoring for any such activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(246 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

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Montana State AGMar 12 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 12 (MT), last Mar 19 (NH) — a 7-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/barry-university-20210319.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 19, 2021
Raw hash: a66391f4bf7a7787b98fd780a4ff0b37f66735bfea92428fced4703dde3773a9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBARRY UNIVERSITY, INC.

Victim entityBARRY UNIVERSITY, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside experts experienced in handling these types of incidents

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov