MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedRansom PaidData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Pacific University Oregon

bd_86138ccbfce1adcc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 8, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

9,196state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Pacific University Oregon →

Pacific University Oregon notified Washington AG of a third-party ransomware breach via service provider Blackbaud. Attack occurred Feb 7-May 20, 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. 9,196 Washington residents affected. Demographic data and relationship info potentially accessed; no SSN, credit card, or banking data compromised. Blackbaud paid ransom and engaged law enforcement.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d8 weeks 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 · 8 weeks / 54 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,196 affectedView incident

Name: Pacific University Oregon
norm: pacific university oregon
Domain: pacificu.edu

Name: Pacific University Oregon
norm: pacific university oregon
Domain: pacificu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 9,196state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
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: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Blackbaud paid the monetary demand to have the stolen files destroyed
Blackbaud continues to work with law enforcement and external security experts
Blackbaud has identified the vulnerability associated with the breach and continue to strengthen security measures
Changes made: Blackbaud has identified the vulnerability associated with the breach and continue to strengthen security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 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/BreachM10301.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: acbf58aee783bcdd594a3cd4b70eba5bc5e59f69d8af88ed7f2e2f9540c37ca1

Reporting entityPacific University Oregon

Victim entityPacific University Oregon

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseBlackbaud paid the monetary demand to have the stolen files destroyed

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com