MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Lexington Theological Seminary

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 13, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lexington Theological Seminary →

Lexington Theological Seminary notified Montana AG of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud Inc. occurring Feb-May 2020. LTS discovered the incident on July 16, 2020. Exposed data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and addresses. LTS retained forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring/identity theft protection to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 166 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 13, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5223d4d17d2616562020-10-13Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_fe54d3903681ea102020-10-13Verified

Name: Lexington Theological Seminary
norm: lexington theological seminary
Domain: lextheo.edu

Name: Lexington Theological Seminary
norm: lexington theological seminary
Domain: lextheo.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020
Undetected for: 166 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 13, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: law enforcement was involved in the investigation
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: LTS requested a copy of the exposed subset of data
Retained a forensic firm to review and confirm the contents of the data possibly exposed
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Offering 12 months/24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offering a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offering fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Blackbaud corrected the vulnerability that led to the attack
Blackbaud is making additional security enhancements to prevent future attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 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 · 2 states

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Montana State AGOct 13 · first

Indiana State AGOct 13 · first

Montana State AGOct 13 · 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/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-226.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 13, 2020
Raw hash: 1a8ab9e35fb02e2243ecf4e69ff081658927493c130a1fc21b2c4038db357599

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLexington Theological Seminary

Victim entityLexington Theological Seminary

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLTS requested a copy of the exposed subset of data

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov