MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)FinancialMediumContained

Auburn University Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jul 31, 2020

To disclose

15 days

Affected

1,294state residents only

Confidence

71%

Auburn University Foundation reported a ransomware attack by third-party vendor Blackbaud affecting 1,294 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Feb-May 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. Data included names, DOBs, and financial giving records. No SSNs or credit card data impacted.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d15 days 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 · 160 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jul 31, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,294 affectedView incident

Name: AUBURN UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION
norm: auburn university credit union

Name: Auburn University Foundation
norm: auburn university foundation
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,294state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial
Data elements: NameDate of birth
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: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid AccountsT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Investigated the incident
Assessed the security of Auburn systems
Notified potentially affected individuals
Followed up with Blackbaud to learn more about the event
Set up a website to assist with answering questions impacted individuals may have
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 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/BreachM10206.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2020
Raw hash: 18badd4e3022ed00785383f9f1ad669c9ce2b31410c018b4c24f596bc0ad791e

Reporting entityAUBURN UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION

Victim entityAuburn University Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseInvestigated the incident

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com