MalwareEducationTechnologyEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedGovernment IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumContained

Blackbaud, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Apr 6, 2021

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

114state residents only

Confidence

63%

Chadron State Foundation notified individuals of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud, Inc. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud paid a ransom. Data potentially exposed includes SSNs, bank account info, usernames, and passwords. The Foundation confirmed SSNs were unencrypted. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 264 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Apr 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+28 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed114 affectedView incident

Name: Chadron State Foundation
norm: chadron state

Name: Blackbaud, Inc.
norm: blackbaud
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 114state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.

During the incident: Offering complimentary credit monitoring services
Arranged for identity monitoring services for 12 months provided by Kroll
Changes made: Enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(264 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Chardon-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2021
Raw hash: 90cee152d29ab776db224f5c950f2fcc50748e5309e65e355557ee801a935499

Reporting entityChadron State Foundation

Victim entityBlackbaud, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseOffering complimentary credit monitoring services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov