MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.

bd_c123755c7024cff3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 4, 2021

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc. notified Montana regulators of a third-party vendor (Blackbaud) ransomware incident. The attack occurred in May 2020, resulting in data encryption and exfiltration. FGCU Foundation confirmed potentially impacted individuals in December 2020 and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No actual misuse of information was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 172 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_3877cf191e98ca412021-01-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_c8c97bc3e0887fba2021-01-04Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_86919dde9b3a5d892021-01-11 · +7dVerified

Name: Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.
norm: florida gulf coast university
Domain: fgcu.edu

Name: Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.
norm: florida gulf coast university
Domain: fgcu.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 5, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying state regulators, as required

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Working diligently to gather further information from Blackbaud
Notifying state regulators, as required
Offering access to credit monitoring services through TransUnion for 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(172 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

Maine State AGJan 4 · first

Montana State AGJan 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (IN), last Jan 11 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/fgcuSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2021
Raw hash: 817158b38d02eb1fc56f278c662f8bf3382eeef8df14ae9b8a1738b02415d58a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFlorida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.

Victim entityFlorida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov