MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

St. Andrew's-Sewanee School

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 28, 2021

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for St. Andrew's-Sewanee School →

St. Andrew's-Sewanee School notified of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) breach. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7 - May 20, 2020. Attackers exfiltrated encrypted backup files and attempted ransomware encryption. Unencrypted name and SSN data were exposed. Blackbaud paid ransom and destroyed data. School notified affected individuals on Dec 21, 2020, offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 196 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1144690bf2556e212021-01-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1ff8bb52c07b1b082021-01-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_43cd7b2b2b0c0e022021-01-28Verified

Name: St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
norm: st andrew s sewanee school

Name: St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
norm: st andrew s sewanee school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Third party: via Blackbaud Inc.

During the incident: Conducted own investigation to determine what information was involved
Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Completed a thorough search for the information needed to notify those involved
Offering complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Changes made: 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 its environment through enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based monitoring tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(196 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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Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 28 · first

Maine State AGJan 28 · first

Montana State AGJan 28 · first · this page

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/sas-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2021
Raw hash: 240fcd82847a8b23640aeb9fb2e6977c61229ed586368de720a6638f24cee7aa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Andrew's-Sewanee School

Victim entitySt. Andrew's-Sewanee School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted own investigation to determine what information was involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov