MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedEducationEmploymentIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Excelsior College

bd_d9ef44a11dd50f09 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Aug 16, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

4,069state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Excelsior College →

Excelsior College notified Washington AG of a ransomware incident at third-party vendor Blackbaud in May 2020. The breach affected 4,069 Washington residents, exposing PII including contact info, DOB, student ID, and donation history. No SSN or financial account data was accessed. Notification sent August 2020.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d4 weeks 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 · 76 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Aug 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,069 affectedView incident

Name: Excelsior College
norm: excelsior college
Domain: excelsior.edu

Name: Excelsior College
norm: excelsior college
Domain: excelsior.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: May 1, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 76 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 4,069state-resident count only
Data types: EducationEmploymentIdentity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birthStudent ID number
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: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Sent notification to impacted residents of Washington
Engaged in third-party investigation involving law enforcement
Changes made: Continue to monitor the situation closely
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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/BreachM10243.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2020
Raw hash: 8ed2331f006d141f42acc8a33549cfa42029b3546c4d78b9328ae41dd2030bd6

Reporting entityExcelsior College

Victim entityExcelsior College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseSent notification to impacted residents of Washington

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com