MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Santa Catalina School

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Mar 26, 2021

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Santa Catalina School →

Santa Catalina School notified California residents of a data breach involving vendor Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access to Blackbaud's systems occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, during which backup files containing client data were exfiltrated and an attempt was made to encrypt files for ransom. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the files were destroyed. Santa Catalina School determined on February 23, 2021, that unencrypted backup files contained some affected individuals' information. The school is offering 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Notified Feb 23, 2021222d ✗ CA 60-day late36 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 253 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Mar 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_b777b1bc8df52c5c2021-03-26Verified

Name: Santa Catalina School
norm: santa catalina school
Domain: santacatalina.org

Name: Santa Catalina School
norm: santa catalina school
Domain: santacatalina.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
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: Blackbaud reported that it has been working with law enforcement
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched our own investigation
Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Notifying you of this incident
Offering complimentary membership to Kroll’s Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for 12 months
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Blackbaud is undertaking additional efforts to harden their environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(253 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 222d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
→ Notified: Feb 23, 2021
222d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 16, 2020 → Notified: Feb 23, 2021	222d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMar 26 · first

California State AGMar 26 · first · this page

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/sb24-539519
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2021
Raw hash: 199f731a1e207073c1fe3e43042cdf2d2aaddf0d9d0921c5163d840957484e85

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySanta Catalina School

Victim entitySanta Catalina School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched our own investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov