MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Olympic College Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 19, 2020

Filed

Sep 3, 2020

To disclose

15 days

Affected

25,583state residents only

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Olympic College Foundation →

Olympic College Foundation notified WA AG of a ransomware incident involving third-party vendor Blackbaud. Attack occurred Feb-May 2020, discovered Aug 19, 2020. ~25,583 WA residents affected. Data included names, DOBs, giving records. Blackbaud paid ransom, claims data destroyed. Notification sent Sept 4, 2020.

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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 · 194 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 19, 2020

Discovered

Sep 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed25,583 affectedView incident

Name: Olympic College Foundation
norm: olympic college
Domain: olympiccollegefoundation.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity

Name: Olympic College Foundation
norm: olympic college
Domain: olympiccollegefoundation.org
Industry: Non-Profit/Charity
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 194 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 25,583state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Bob Ferguson pursuant to RCW 42.56.590
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Immediately investigated the matter to determine what information in our records may have been impacted
Created a webpage with information about Blackbaud’s data security incident
Sending notification to the affected individuals of the possible exposure of their personal information
Maintaining continuous communication with Blackbaud
Changes made: Blackbaud corrected the vulnerability that led to this incident
Blackbaud is making changes to protect the Foundation's data from further incidents
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/BreachM10284.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 3, 2020
Raw hash: 8dc149b95cdd8068e41e5124c1464d58ef7ebf439bb1919a39a3fa5c7ff47a50

Reporting entityOlympic College Foundation

Victim entityOlympic College Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Aug 19, 2020

Stated responseImmediately investigated the matter to determine what information in our records may have been impacted

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com