MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

St. Lawrence University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 30, 2020

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for St. Lawrence University →

St. Lawrence University notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving its vendor, Blackbaud. Blackbaud experienced a ransomware attack in May 2020, during which backup files containing data for some clients were exfiltrated and an encryption attempt was made. St. Lawrence University determined that backup files containing the names and financial account numbers of 6 New Hampshire residents were involved. The university notified affected individuals on November 25, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7b910e5b539150fa2020-11-25 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_864e2a5f7f5599ff2020-11-25 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_bf02cbb81418fdf02020-11-25 · +5dVerified

Name: St. Lawrence University
norm: st lawrence university

Name: St. Lawrence University
norm: st lawrence university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 25, 2020
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
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
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged legal counsel to assist in the investigation
Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Established a dedicated phone number where the individuals may obtain more information regarding the incident
Provided written notice to the New Hampshire residents by mailing letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Changes made: Put additional systems in place to further maintain the confidentiality of constituent information
Performed a thorough review of all of its security and data retention procedures
Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect data
Blackbaud undertaking additional efforts to improve the security of its environment through enhancements to field-, file- and database-level encryption; and data retention procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGNov 25 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 25 · first

Indiana State AGNov 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (ME), last Nov 30 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/st-lawrence-university-20201130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 30, 2020
Raw hash: 57b4da010d3c1a9a0cd9849bca9466bc31abb72348b44c03600d51a3fedc46ac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Lawrence University

Victim entitySt. Lawrence University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged legal counsel to assist in the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov