MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

University of Notre Dame

bd_7b3b7068371ebf9f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 11, 2020

Filed

Sep 8, 2020

To disclose

28 days

Affected

3,209state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for University of Notre Dame →2 incidents on file

The University of Notre Dame notified the Washington AG of a third-party breach involving Blackbaud. A threat actor exfiltrated data (names, DOBs) from Blackbaud's systems between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Notre Dame learned of potential access to resident data on Aug 11, 2020. 3,209 Washington residents were affected. Notices sent late August 2020.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 186 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 11, 2020

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,209 affectedView incident

Name: University of Notre Dame
norm: university of notre dame
Domain: nd.edu

Name: University of Notre Dame
norm: university of notre dame
Domain: nd.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 186 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 28, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,209state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
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: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Engaged cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Advised residents about placing fraud alerts and security freezes
Changes made: Closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Enhancing security controls
Conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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/BreachM10299.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2020
Raw hash: 1f86e32028690011fbfe5d67a3bb1ef87887bfc29e38357b6d884f769f15ecec

Reporting entityUniversity of Notre Dame

Victim entityUniversity of Notre Dame

Incidentdiscovered Aug 11, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com