MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)MediumContained

The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

5,201state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations →2 incidents on file

University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations notified constituents of a ransomware incident involving third-party vendor Blackbaud, Inc. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed data destruction. Affected data included names and addresses. One year of credit monitoring was offered.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due19 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 136 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

May 1, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 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 (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_be237c0c42542cb72020-09-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_d601caf53bd57c122020-09-14Candidate

Name: The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations
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Name: The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations
norm: the university of south carolina upstate foundations
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: May 1, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 84 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 5,201state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Investigation by law enforcement

During the incident: Offering one (1) year of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian
Reviewing all relevant practices regarding the security of Blackbaud data
Changes made: Blackbaud implemented numerous security changes
Blackbaud fixed the vulnerability associated with this incident
Blackbaud is further hardening its environment through 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: 19 weeks(136 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGSep 14 · first

Maine State AGSep 14 · first

South Carolina State AGSep 14 · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2020/USCUpstateFoundations.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: 87e7537239fa3b5ded06d873c52bda6a4c6d89bff371149ca2e52a2eaf2f406f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations

Victim entityThe University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2020

Stated responseOffering one (1) year of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov