MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)LowResolved

The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations →2 incidents on file

The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations notified individuals of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud's platform. The incident occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Affected data included names, addresses, and other personal info. The vendor paid the ransom and confirmed data destruction. The University offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 136 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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

Maine State AGbd_d601caf53bd57c122020-09-14Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_d9ceef35f250f49c2020-09-14Verified

Name: The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations
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Name: The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations
norm: the university of south carolina upstate foundations
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 84 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offering one (1) year of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian
Reviewing all relevant practices regarding the security of Blackbaud data
Hired a third-party team of experts to monitor the dark web
Changes made: Implemented numerous security changes
Fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Hardening its 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: 19 weeks(136 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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Maine State AGSep 14 · first

South Carolina State AGSep 14 · first

Montana State AGSep 14 · 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/Sample-Notification-Letter-Montana.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: d9eab86b011c745dc4ab85c808d09f9f524d407d8690489d07f09219090ef0d9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations

Victim entityThe University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseOffering one (1) year of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov