🦬Montana State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 100%
Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filed Sep 14, 2020. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_cc08de02b7894e7a · merge_method deterministic · 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.
ME MT SC
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Feb 7, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
May 1, 2020
Reported by SOUTH CAROLINA AG filing
May 31, 2020
Reported by MAINE AG filing
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-09-14. The breach occurred from 2/7/2020 to 5/20/2020. 3 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 3
The University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system hacking incident occurred in May 2020. The breach was also discovered in May 2020. One Maine resident was affected, and a total of 6,533 individuals were impacted. The compromised information includes names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on September 11, 2020, and offered one year of identity theft protection services with Experian.
Affected (this filing): 1
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundations notified constituents of a ransomware incident involving third-party vendor Blackbaud, Inc. The attack occurred between Feb 7 and May 20, 2020. Blackbaud paid a ransom and confirmed data destruction. Affected data included names and addresses. One year of credit monitoring was offered.