MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Montana Technical University Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Apr 2, 2021

To disclose

48 weeks

Affected

113state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Montana Technical University Foundation →

Montana Technological University Foundation notified individuals of a May 2020 ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud. Archived files containing Social Security numbers and names of donors/vendors were exposed. The Foundation offers 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 48 weeks / 336 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Apr 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+39 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_b74223ac0354e01d2021-04-02Verified

Name: Montana Technical University Foundation
norm: montana technical university

Name: Montana Technical University Foundation
norm: montana technical university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 113state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge for twenty four months
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Providing remediation support from a CyberScout Fraud Investigator
Changes made: Deleted exposed files
Implemented several changes to protect stored data from any subsequent incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 48 weeks(336 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGApr 2 · first

Montana State AGApr 2 · 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/Tech-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 2, 2021
Raw hash: 5eecf7ecb0d2c1141c5855b2eb7a45e4ec6499e47d34f51bcfe05e41042ff0c5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMontana Technical University Foundation

Victim entityMontana Technical University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseProviding access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge for twenty four months

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov