MalwareEducationTechnologyEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumResolved

Blackbaud, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 13, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

141state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Wayne State Foundation notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Blackbaud, Inc. occurring Feb-May 2020. Attackers encrypted data including DOB, SSN, bank info, and credentials. Blackbaud paid ransom and confirmed data destruction. Foundation offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 13, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_21f089f7ac795a902021-01-13Verified
Maine State AGbd_2bae727326b793242021-01-12 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_fe3b05da0a0288ed2021-01-12 · +1dVerified

Name: Wayne State Foundation
norm: wayne state

Name: Blackbaud, Inc.
norm: blackbaud
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 141state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Undertook an in-depth investigation with the assistance of independent forensic experts
Obtained a copy of the impacted data from Blackbaud for further investigation
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services to protect the security of personal information
Changes made: Blackbaud enhancing safeguards to mitigate the risk of future attacks
Enhancements to access management
Network segmentation
Deployment of additional endpoint and network-based platforms
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGJan 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 12 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d · 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/Wayne-State-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2021
Raw hash: 1604ca1bd91bcdadd7885ed7829313437157f2aff8ad279e82622f30df930200

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWayne State Foundation

Victim entityBlackbaud, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseUndertook an in-depth investigation with the assistance of independent forensic experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov