MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Ransom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData DestroyedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MinorMediumResolved

Archer School for Girls

bd_d4d793e1d76c3cc2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 13, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Archer School for Girls →

The Archer School for Girls notified affected individuals of a data breach at its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. Unauthorized access occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud discovered an attempted encryption attack in May 2020 and notified Archer on July 16, 2020. Backup files containing personal information were exfiltrated and encrypted. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the files were destroyed. Affected data includes personal information of students and families. Identity monitoring services were offered.

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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

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7b4f0aadc30a5b672021-01-13Candidate
Maine State AGbd_f2dd6311dc4bf5ad2021-01-13Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_f7623113c17c71c12021-01-13Verified

Name: Archer School for Girls
norm: archer school for girls

Name: Archer School for Girls
norm: archer school for girls
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Minor
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Conducted our own investigation to determine what information was involved
Worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Notifying you of this incident
Offering complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Changes made: Blackbaud identified and fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud implemented several changes that will better protect your data from any subsequent incidents
Blackbaud is undertaking additional efforts to harden its environment through enhancements to access management, network segmentation, and deployment of additional endpoint and network-based monitoring tools
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

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Montana State AGJan 13 · first

Maine State AGJan 13 · first

Indiana State AGJan 13 · first

California State AGJan 13 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-198484
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: 8f4c42601e2cbfe8daa17fe3ff184eef61010e145dce2892f26ba742161ab14b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArcher School for Girls

Victim entityArcher School for Girls

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseConducted our own investigation to determine what information was involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov