MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

7,067state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY →23 incidents on file

Boston University notified the Washington AG of a third-party ransomware incident involving its cloud provider, Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7–May 20, 2020. Backup files containing names, DOBs, and employment data were exfiltrated. Blackbaud paid ransom and confirmed data destruction. 7,067 WA residents affected. Notification sent Aug 8, 2020.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 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 · 29 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9f69a6f5f30ede9c2020-08-18 · +4dVerified

Name: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
norm: trustees of boston university
Domain: bu.edu

Name: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
norm: trustees of boston university
Domain: bu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 7,067state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Employment
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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes to mitigate the risk of future attacks
The University set up a website to provide impacted individuals with additional information
Blackbaud paid a ransom
Blackbaud is working with law enforcement to investigate this incident
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes to mitigate the risk of future attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGAug 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/BreachM10228.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: 43b44791491c9701fe4830d7db13fa837d9b16dfe0e3ac797c761327e3da27bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Victim entityTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseBlackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com