HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

Jan 8, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY →

Hardin-Simmons University notified Montana residents of a third-party breach involving vendor Blackbaud, Inc. An unauthorized individual accessed Blackbaud's systems between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, acquiring backup databases containing alumni names and Social Security numbers. HSU discovered the specific data impact on Nov 11, 2020, and notified individuals on Dec 21, 2020, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 278 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Nov 11, 2020

Discovered

Jan 8, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_a52dbba3841222be2021-01-08Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_a93976ec5ee13b9c2021-01-08Verified

Name: HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
norm: hardin simmons university

Name: HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
norm: hardin simmons university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 278 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Consulting with experts and specialists in digital forensics
Obtained a copy of the backup database involved in the incident
Restore the backup and review the database to determine what information it contained
Offering you a complimentary membership of Experian’s ® IdentityWorks SM
Examining our vendor relationship with Blackbaud and evaluating their security safeguards
Changes made: Examining our vendor relationship with Blackbaud and evaluating their security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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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Maine State AGJan 8 · first

Indiana State AGJan 8 · first

Montana State AGJan 8 · 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/hardSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2021
Raw hash: 209bc9be65783c999bcc780491ca597a0e35ca0690c9dd772bb58edd0c1d0d46

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY

Victim entityHARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2020

Stated responseConsulting with experts and specialists in digital forensics

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov