MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Feb 22, 2021

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL →2 incidents on file

San Francisco University High School notified individuals that their name and Social Security number were potentially accessed via a ransomware attack on its vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. The unauthorized access occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud discovered the incident in May 2020 and notified the school on July 16, 2020. Backup files containing client data were exfiltrated and encrypted. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed the files were destroyed. The school offered two years of identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 221 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Feb 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
norm: san francisco university high school

Name: SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
norm: san francisco university high school
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: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Blackbaud, Inc.
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched our own investigation and worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved
Notified affected individuals of the incident
Offered complimentary membership to Identity Monitoring and Fraud Resolution services for two years
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(221 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-538186
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2021
Raw hash: 8580d7048534e98f9c3c4f6787500ad2214899ad78d421ed2e9c15717a2b2d0b

Reporting entitySAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

Victim entitySAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseLaunched our own investigation and worked with Blackbaud to identify the individuals whose information may have been involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov