MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)PIILowActive

Buffalo State College Foundation

bd_9d3e1524f5ff5a2e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 20, 2021

Filed

Jun 16, 2021

To disclose

27 days

Affected

536state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Buffalo State College Foundation →

Buffalo State College Foundation reported a ransomware incident involving third-party provider Blackbaud. Data was exfiltrated between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. The Foundation learned on May 20, 2021 that Washington residents' names and DOBs may have been accessed. 536 residents affected. Ransom was paid to threat actor for data destruction.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d27 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 · 468 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

May 20, 2021

Discovered

Jun 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed536 affectedView incident

Name: Buffalo State College Foundation
norm: buffalo state college
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: Buffalo State College Foundation
norm: buffalo state college
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 468 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 16, 2021
Affected individuals: 536state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 400-499dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Engaged cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Advised affected residents about placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the FTC
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 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/BreachM10484.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 16, 2021
Raw hash: 55e1a6038b0654edfe0a272d3aaf44c60407cf96a8ec2fad6b20d0017a2e807a

Reporting entityBuffalo State College Foundation

Victim entityBuffalo State College Foundation

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2021

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com