HackingEducationGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Georgia Southern University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Nov 16, 2020

To disclose

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Affected

81state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Georgia Southern University →5 incidents on file

Georgia Southern University filed a supplemental notification with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a third-party vendor incident involving Blackbaud. The filing discloses 81 additional New Hampshire residents whose names and Social Security Numbers were exposed. The University is providing credit monitoring services and has notified the AG. The incident was initially reported on October 9, 2020.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Nov 16, 2020

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 8 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 (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_c85b3a4945e51a3f2020-11-13 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_ff4ac37fb94907932020-11-13 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_14893e273448a9e52020-10-13 · +34dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9a1d3bde30c054cc2020-10-09 · +38dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_a34a40eec8e52e7d2020-10-09 · +38dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_ba25f36a52d8f4522020-10-09 · +38dVerified
California State AGbd_fefe1ef75864e2942020-10-09 · +38dVerified

Name: Georgia Southern University
norm: georgia southern university

Name: Georgia Southern University
norm: georgia southern university

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 81state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Reported to New Hampshire Attorney General's office on October 9, 2020
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Providing written notice to these additional New Hampshire residents by mailing letters
Offering all New Hampshire residents a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft prevention services
Established a dedicated phone number where the individuals may obtain more information regarding the incident
Removing all Social Security numbers from the Blackbaud database
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect data
Undertaking additional efforts to improve the security of its environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Taking additional steps with Blackbaud to better ensure that any sensitive or personal information is encrypted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

Maine State AGOct 9 · first

Indiana State AGOct 9 · first

California State AGOct 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+35d

Washington State AG+35d

New Hampshire State AG+38d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (MA), last Nov 16 (NH) — a 38-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/georgia-southern-university-20201116.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 16, 2020
Raw hash: 755d23ac20973a017428756e22c5bc87c5cac49f93c6ec3f70553498cec224d0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeorgia Southern University

Victim entityGeorgia Southern University

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseProviding written notice to these additional New Hampshire residents by mailing letters

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov