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HackingEducationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Ball State University Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 18, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,1628 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Ball State University Foundation →

Ball State University Foundation experienced an external system breach in May 2020, which was discovered on July 16, 2020. The breach affected 4,162 individuals, including 8 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names and Social Security Numbers. Written notifications were sent to the affected individuals on September 10, 2020. Identity theft protection services were not offered.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 18, 202064d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 76 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 18, 2020

Filed

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

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGSep 18 · first
Maine State AGSep 18 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d
Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 18 (WA), last Sep 24 (MA) — a 6-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.