MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Trinity Christian College

bd_daad0b811c851a81 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 17, 2021

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Trinity Christian College →

Trinity Christian College notified Montana residents of a third-party data breach involving Blackbaud, a fundraising software provider. The incident involved a ransomware attack where data was exfiltrated between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud paid the ransom. Trinity engaged cybersecurity professionals and is investigating.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 216 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_191142819401bb2e2021-02-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_75a5a713edfd75dd2021-02-17Verified

Name: Trinity Christian College
norm: trinity christian college

Name: Trinity Christian College
norm: trinity christian college
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: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Engaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handing these types of incidents
Demanding detailed information from Blackbaud about the nature and scope of the incident
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident
Blackbaud is enhancing their security controls
Blackbaud conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(216 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 17 · first

Montana State AGFeb 17 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/trinSamp-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2021
Raw hash: 8aba8307480b00483eddd8185721165fff9d7d092c546911d2614308f5b13080

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTrinity Christian College

Victim entityTrinity Christian College

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov