MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Fort Hays State University Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 16, 2021

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Fort Hays State University Foundation →4 incidents on file

Fort Hays State University Foundation notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access to Blackbaud's network occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The incident involved a ransomware attack where backup files containing client data (names and Social Security numbers) were exfiltrated. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the stolen files were destroyed. FHSU Foundation notified one New Hampshire resident on February 12, 2021, offering two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 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

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_9c860b9e878039ee2021-02-12 · +4dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_a1402bd601ea289c2021-02-12 · +4dVerified

Name: Fort Hays State University Foundation
norm: fort hays state university

Name: Fort Hays State University Foundation
norm: fort hays state university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
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 Gordon MacDonald
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.vendor
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Mailed a notification letter to one New Hampshire resident via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Offered the New Hampshire resident a complimentary, two-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services through CyberScout
Established a dedicated phone number where the individual may obtain more information regarding the incident
Re-evaluating its relationship with Blackbaud and reviewing the security requirements it has for its data solution service vendors
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect data
Blackbaud is undertaking additional efforts to improve the security of its 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: 31 weeks(215 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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Maine State AGFeb 12 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/fort-hays-state-university-foundation-20210216.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2021
Raw hash: 01fdcc8b6c148342c2fd011cdb6b6ea628a5c345e404b58dbcab8a461bbb73b4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Victim entityFort Hays State University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched its own investigation to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov