MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData MishandlingRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

French American School of Puget Sound

bd_f599fa6b7eca0da3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Jul 28, 2020

To disclose

12 days

Affected

3,172state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for French American School of Puget Sound →

French American School of Puget Sound (FASPS) notified Washington AG of a ransomware attack on third-party provider Blackbaud. Incident occurred Feb 7 - May 20, 2020; discovered July 16, 2020. 3,172 WA residents affected. Data included names, contact info, DOB. No SSN/credit cards accessed. Ransom paid; data confirmed destroyed. Notifications sent July 17-24, 2020.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d12 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 · 12 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Jul 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,172 affectedView incident

Name: French American School of Puget Sound
norm: french american school of puget sound

Name: French American School of Puget Sound
norm: french american school of puget sound
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 160 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2020
Affected individuals: 3,172state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via Blackbaud Hosting Services
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged independent forensics experts and law enforcement
Expelled cybercriminal from system
Paid cybercriminal's demand
Notified affected Washington residents via email and regular mail
Hired a third-party team of experts to monitor the dark web
Changes made: Implemented changes to prevent future such incidents
Fixed vulnerability associated with incident
Accelerating efforts to reinforce 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: 12 days(12 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/BreachM10204.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 28, 2020
Raw hash: 393ed6c41fb59ece24433fdfd9494e856d84f7c2a4de095d74ed77796c0fd453

Reporting entityFrench American School of Puget Sound

Victim entityFrench American School of Puget Sound

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseEngaged independent forensics experts and law enforcement

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com