(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A fundraising software company has agreed to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the Illinois attorney general and attorneys general of 48 other states and Washington, D.C.
Blackbaud has agreed to pay the money because of a 2020 data breach that exposed sensitive information from 13,000 nonprofits.
Health information, social security numbers and the financial information of donors or clients of the nonprofits, universities, hospitals and religious organizations that the company serves was the type of data that was exposed in the breach.
Illinois will receive $2.28 million from the settlement.
Indiana will receive almost $3.6 million, the most of any state. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita co-led the investigation with the attorney general of Vermont.
Listen to our new podcast Looped In: Chicago
Listen to WBBM Newsradio now on Audacy!
Sign up and follow WBBM Newsradio
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram