MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)EducationIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The Evergreen State College Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 11, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected

40,549state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for The Evergreen State College Foundation →2 incidents on file

The Evergreen State College Foundation notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Attack occurred Feb-May 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. 40,549 WA residents affected. Data included names, DOBs, student IDs, giving records. Ransom paid; data believed destroyed.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d26 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 · 160 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed40,549 affectedView incident

Name: The Evergreen State College Foundation
norm: the evergreen state college
Domain: evergreen.edu
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: The Evergreen State College Foundation
norm: the evergreen state college
Domain: evergreen.edu
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 40,549state-resident count only
Data types: EducationIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameDate of birthStudent ID number
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 Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Immediately conducted an investigation into the matter
Sent a courtesy email to each individual for whom they had an email address
Created a webpage with information about Blackbaud’s data security incident
Sending joint notification to the affected individuals
Changes made: Blackbaud corrected the vulnerability that led to this incident
Blackbaud is making changes to protect the Foundation's data from further incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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/BreachM10221.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2020
Raw hash: bea00060800205218247118def7def368b4cfd5db9b0c4a69880900ef8291dfc

Reporting entityThe Evergreen State College Foundation

Victim entityThe Evergreen State College Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseImmediately conducted an investigation into the matter

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com