MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

University School of Nashville

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Dec 31, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for University School of Nashville →

University School of Nashville notified Montana AG of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud (Feb-May 2020). Attackers exfiltrated a backup file containing PII (names, SSNs, bank/routing numbers). Blackbaud paid ransom and confirmed data destruction. USN offers 24 months credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 166 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Dec 31, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_796257e4292fdb082020-12-31Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b0b2fdcd4bd8094d2020-12-31Verified

Name: University School of Nashville
norm: university school of nashville

Name: University School of Nashville
norm: university school of nashville
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 166 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Blackbaud’s Cyber Security team, together with independent forensic specialists and law enforcement, successfully prevented the cybercriminals from blocking system access and fully expelled them from their systems
Blackbaud reported that it has taken steps to fortify its systems against any further data security incidents
Offering you access to 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through CyberScout
Working to review our existing policies and procedures regarding our third-party vendors
Working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Changes made: Working to review our existing policies and procedures regarding our 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: 24 weeks(168 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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Massachusetts State AGDec 31 · first

Indiana State AGDec 31 · first

Montana State AGDec 31 · 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/USN-Notfi.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2020
Raw hash: 3be6ff46cbbd75b95bdecc754a49e314227b6d4d9c155ee7c827cc080e157085

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity School of Nashville

Victim entityUniversity School of Nashville

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseBlackbaud’s Cyber Security team, together with independent forensic specialists and law enforcement, successfully prevented the cybercriminals from blocking system access and fully expelled them from their systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov