🐻California State AG
Clustered 4 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Sep 4, 2020 → Oct 4, 2020. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_1391319255c048d9 · merge_method human · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Identity (basic) · Government ID
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
CA ME MT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Feb 7, 2020 → May 20, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Jul 16, 2020
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG filings
Jul 31, 2020
Reported by MAINE AG filing
About this clustering
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Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) notified California AG of a breach involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. A ransomware attack on Blackbaud in May 2020 resulted in the encryption of systems and unauthorized removal of a VSAC database backup containing names and Social Security numbers between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. VSAC offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) notified California AG of a breach involving its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, Inc. A ransomware incident at Blackbaud resulted in the encryption of systems and the unauthorized removal of a VSAC database backup containing names and Social Security Numbers. The incident occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. VSAC offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation reported a data breach impacting 19,754 individuals due to a third-party system breach. The incident occurred from February 7 to May 20, 2020, and was discovered on July 31, 2020. Exposed information included names and Social Security numbers. Written notifications were sent to affected parties in September 2020.
Affected (this filing): 19,754
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-10-04. The breach occurred from 5/1/2020 to 10/20/2020. 48 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 48