MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Portland Community College Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 14, 2020

To disclose

29 days

Affected

17,908state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Portland Community College Foundation →

Portland Community College Foundation (PCC Foundation) notified the Washington AG of a third-party breach involving service provider Blackbaud. A ransomware attack on Blackbaud's systems between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, potentially exposed PCC donor data including names, DOBs, and addresses for 17,908 Washington residents. PCC Foundation sent notices on Aug 12, 2020, and offered credit monitoring for those with financial account data exposed.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 29 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed17,908 affectedView incident

Name: Hunter O. Ferguson
norm: hunter o ferguson

Name: Portland Community College Foundation
norm: portland community college
Domain: pcc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 12, 2020
Affected individuals: 17,908state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: NameFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Sent notices of the incident to all Washington residents whose personal information was involved
Sent notice to non-Washington residents whose information was involved
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services for individuals whose financial account information was involved
Evaluating security protocols and reinforcing staff education about security
Changes made: Evaluating security protocols and reinforcing staff education about security
Examining security and other ways to protect data, such as evaluating how we collect and store personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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/BreachM10236.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2020
Raw hash: e5c00031b1238c6c4f75bfdae9bf97bab4e042faff4b5845783c4d8fe26ce050

Reporting entityHunter O. Ferguson

Victim entityPortland Community College Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseSent notices of the incident to all Washington residents whose personal information was involved

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com