MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

California Lutheran University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 19, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3,549state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for California Lutheran University →

California Lutheran University notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack on third-party provider Blackbaud affecting 3,549 WA residents. Incident discovered July 16, 2020. Data included names, addresses, DOBs. Ransom paid by provider. University offered 1 year credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,549 affectedView incident

Name: California Lutheran University
norm: california lutheran university

Name: California Lutheran University
norm: california lutheran university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,549state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted a full investigation to determine the degree to which any sensitive information stored by Cal Lutheran in the Blackbaud environment might have been affected
Retained ID Experts to provide, at no cost to you, identity theft protection and credit monitoring services
Established a call center that the Washington residents can contact, toll-free, to ask questions and to receive further information regarding the incident
Changes made: Take all steps prudent to minimize the chances of something like this occurring again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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/BreachM10251.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 19, 2020
Raw hash: f32c091e67030f415f5b1d3d2f958a43ad09a4d4d8f1a73f0c0f85db74582be9

Reporting entityCalifornia Lutheran University

Victim entityCalifornia Lutheran University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted a full investigation to determine the degree to which any sensitive information stored by Cal Lutheran in the Blackbaud environment might have been affected

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com