Nonprofits remain valuable targets for cyber criminals. Many times, these organizations don’t have the internal infrastructure to combat emerging threats and protect their data. And, sometimes cyber criminals target the vendors and platforms nonprofits use to streamline their donor process.

That is the case with the recent attack on Blackbaud, a financial management platform used by hundreds of charities and nonprofits around the world. This security brief gives insight into the recent cyber attack, the ripple effect it is having for organizations impacted by the attack, and the recent trend in double ransom demands.