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MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Georgia Southern University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Oct 9, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Georgia Southern University5 incidents on file

Georgia Southern University notified California residents of a data breach involving its vendor, Blackbaud. Between February 7 and May 20, 2020, an unauthorized party accessed Blackbaud's network, exfiltrated backup files, and attempted ransomware encryption. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed file destruction. Affected data included names, Social Security numbers, and donor profiles. The university is removing SSNs from Blackbaud and offering one year of identity monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 160 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Oct 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filingsup to 38d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGOct 9 · first
Indiana State AGOct 9 · first
California State AGOct 9 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (MA), last Nov 16 (NH) — a 38-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.