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Ridgewater College notifies donors, alumni of data breach
A data breach that hit the cloud service used by the Ridgewater College Foundation resulted in a notification to those affected this week. The company, Blackbaud, paid an attacker and was told the information copied by the attacker had been destroyed.
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West Central Tribune | 7:33 pm, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
Ridgewater College s sign shows a welcome message on Sept. 3, 2020.
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WILLMAR Ridgewater College has notified alumni and foundation donors of a data breach that took place last summer.
According to an email sent Friday afternoon, an attacker may have had access to private information through a breach of the cloud service vendor Blackbaud. The college uses the service for alumni relations and for fundraising.