MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareBackdoor / C2Supply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)BehaviorMediumContained

NOLS

bd_cc5f10acd4716575 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 11, 2020

Filed

Sep 8, 2020

To disclose

28 days

Affected

3,049state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for NOLS →

NOLS, an educational institution, notified the Washington AG of a third-party breach involving Blackbaud, a fundraising software provider. A ransomware attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020, resulting in data exfiltration. NOLS learned on Aug 11, 2020 that 3,049 Washington residents' names and DOBs may have been accessed. NOLS engaged forensic experts and notified residents on Sept 8, 2020.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d28 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 · 186 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 11, 2020

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,049 affectedView incident

Name: NOLS
norm: nols
Domain: catalog.nols.org

Name: NOLS
norm: nols
Domain: catalog.nols.org
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 186 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,049state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Behavior
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Providing contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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/BreachM10295.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 8, 2020
Raw hash: f012f41c91c1ddcd385cef81adefd4a10e06d4ad004b3ea6ac1803c1a4659548

Reporting entityNOLS

Victim entityNOLS

Incidentdiscovered Aug 11, 2020

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com