Breaking: Blackbaud Hacked, Ransom Paid

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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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