Bush Presidential Center, Boy Scouts, Texas Tech among hundreds hit in Blackbaud ransomware attack
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, Boy Scouts of America and the Texas Tech Foundation have notified donors that they were among a growing list of nonprofits and universities targeted by a ransomware attack.
South Carolina-based Blackbaud, one of the world’s largest cloud-based data storage and software providers for institutions of higher education and nonprofits, revealed to clients and the public that it was the subject of a May ransomware attack two months after the fact on July 16.
The attack hit more than 200 institutions across the globe, according to the Texas Tech Foundation, the university’s fundraising arm. The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America was also affected by the attack, as were the ACLU, the Cancer Research Institute, the Louisiana Tech University Foundation and others.
According to a message sent to donors by Boy Scouts of America, which cited Blackbaud, “the data security incident started on February 7, 2020, and possibly continued intermittently until May 20, 2020.”
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