MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

DRAKE UNIVERSITY

bd_cd484b5d935aa283 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

1,050state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for DRAKE UNIVERSITY →

Drake University notified Washington AG of a third-party ransomware incident involving vendor Blackbaud. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb-May 2020, affecting names and DOBs of 1,050 WA residents. Drake discovered the impact on Aug 5, 2020, and notified residents on Sep 4, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,050 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: DRAKE UNIVERSITY
norm: drake university
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,050state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
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: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Consulted with law enforcement on this issue
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding third-party vendors
Evaluating 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: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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/BreachM10289.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: 05c8cca3fa5eaebf65c9edd00ec148a6dfb4cc743fd7366ddf747c9d6d453ab0

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityDRAKE UNIVERSITY

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com