MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Liberty Christian School

bd_adb7b44c127d8f55 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 30, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Liberty Christian School →

Liberty Christian School notified Montana residents of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 7 - May 20, 2020. Backup files containing PII were exfiltrated and encryption attempted. Blackbaud paid ransom and confirmed data destruction. School offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 167 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 30, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_66c19b5b4e282cf62020-12-29 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a1df526a16f52e5d2021-01-05 · +6dVerified

Name: Liberty Christian School
norm: liberty christian school

Name: Liberty Christian School
norm: liberty christian school
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud reported working with law enforcement
Third party: via Blackbaud

During the incident: Conducted own investigation of the Blackbaud services
Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Notifying affected individuals
Offering complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Hardening environment through 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: 24 weeks(167 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGDec 29 · first

Montana State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Dec 29 (IN), last Jan 5 (MA) — a 7-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/libSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2020
Raw hash: 5af5511be5a875d54593606c4fb6706393fb5e1e3845b5c1073ffcfd228c0baa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLiberty Christian School

Victim entityLiberty Christian School

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted own investigation of the Blackbaud services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov