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MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedRansom PaidIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY

bd_aa80fb8834d55706 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 17, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY3 incidents on file

University of Detroit Mercy notified individuals of a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud. A ransomware attack on Blackbaud's systems resulted in the exfiltration of data between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The compromised data may have included full names and Social Security numbers. Blackbaud paid the ransom to ensure the destroyed backup file was permanently deleted. The university engaged external cybersecurity professionals and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 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 (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 14 · first
Indiana State AGAug 14 · first
California State AG+3d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 14 (MA), last Aug 24 (NH) — a 10-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.