MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

University of Nevada, Reno

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 15, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

3,361state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for University of Nevada, Reno →

University of Nevada, Reno notified Washington AG of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) breach. Ransomware encrypted Blackbaud systems in May 2020; unknown actor may have accessed data before containment. UNR confirmed on Sept 14, 2020, that names and DOBs of 3,361 WA residents may have been involved. UNR is reviewing vendor policies and working with Blackbaud on safeguards.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 15, 2020

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,361 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: University of Nevada, Reno
norm: university of nevada reno
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,361state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Provided a preliminary notification notice to its community
Reviewing its existing policies and procedures regarding its third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Advising individuals to report any suspected incidents of identity theft or fraud to their credit card company and/or bank
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Notifying government regulators
Changes made: Reviewing its existing policies and procedures regarding its third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10340.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2020
Raw hash: af7a4e35e58ebcbdc4a69029fb79414b6dd24d33955af4c8ff684972c213d167

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityUniversity of Nevada, Reno

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com