https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/breaking-blackbaud-hacked-ransom-paid/
By Paul Clolery
The Non-Profit Times
July 16, 2020
Blackbaud, one of the world’s largest providers of financial and
fundraising technology to nonprofits, was hacked and paid a ransom to have
the hijacked data destroyed by the cybercriminals.
Officials learned of the intrusion in May and called in law enforcement
and independent forensics experts to work with Blackbaud’s own security
team, a Blackbaud spokesperson said. The teams were able to prevent the
blocking of system access for users and the fully encrypting of files.
Blackbaud officials first realized something was wrong when staff detected
malicious activity internally. Once the attack was stopped the criminals
contacted Blackbaud with the ransom demand. Company officials spoke on the
record but not for direct attribution.
Blackbaud declined to disclose how much was paid to the cybercriminals but
it was done using Bitcoin. The firm also declined to say which data center
was the entry point or how many are used by Blackbaud.
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