MalwareEducationTechnologyEducationRansomwareCapture Stored DataRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Blackbaud

bd_bcb2c4514aa6ebea · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 2, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

52state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Stetson University notified affected individuals of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Data was accessed between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud paid a ransom to destroy a backup file. PII was potentially compromised. 115 Rhode Island residents were impacted. Stetson offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 2, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_44230485330829ca2020-10-02Verified
Maine State AGbd_5b23a069a9d7519b2020-10-02Candidate

Name: Stetson University
norm: stetson university

Name: Blackbaud
norm: blackbaud
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 52state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Blackbaud engaged law enforcement to assist in their internal investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Confirmed through testing by multiple third parties that their fix withstands all known attack tactics
Accelerating efforts to further harden their 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: 11 weeks(78 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 AGOct 2 · first

Maine State AGOct 2 · first

Montana State AGOct 2 · 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/stetSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 2, 2020
Raw hash: e8f9e02c82e4314566b68272b0adcc8fe3e122f92a6cf3e97f8f70d67e877feb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStetson University

Victim entityBlackbaud

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov