MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Christendom College

bd_96b093a09ec5ff39 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2020

Filed

Mar 31, 2021

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Christendom College →

Christendom College notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Backup files containing personal information (PII, SSN, DOB) were stolen. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed data destruction. College offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 176 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 242 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 1, 2020

Discovered

Mar 31, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 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

Indiana State AGbd_79a22eadeb2f26fe2021-03-31Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_272de1e89b3bda292021-04-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Christendom College
norm: christendom college
Domain: christendom.edu
Industry: Education

Name: Christendom College
norm: christendom college
Domain: christendom.edu
Industry: Education
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 176 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud worked with law enforcement to investigate the attack
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Worked with Blackbaud to identify precisely whose information may have been involved
Performed a thorough analysis of our data to determine if the unencrypted information included any of your personal information
Offering you a complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Undertaking additional efforts to harden their environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Undertaking a thorough review of how our information is stored with Blackbaud and evaluating its security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(242 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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Indiana State AGMar 31 · first

Montana State AGMar 31 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Christendom-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 31, 2021
Raw hash: efad2c6e323d64d2ce481ebad4678dffdd00fee02b4cef5dae891f4cebd0409f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChristendom College

Victim entityChristendom College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2020

Stated responseWorked with Blackbaud to identify precisely whose information may have been involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov