Westlake Christian Academy
bd_009b6b3db7642875 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for Westlake Christian Academy →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Interlock on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Westlake Christian Academy is a private Christian school located in Grayslake. Due to security issues, its database, including its entire student list and staff information, was made publicly available. The staff at this institution exhibits extreme indifference and inappropriate behavior toward its students and staff.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Jan 7, 2026
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- Indiana State AGbd_dbb4a66e2ff0f7d32026-05-21 · +133dVerified
- Illinois State AGbd_7de9d56842647dfd2026-06-01 · +144dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing May 21 (IN), last Jun 1 (IL) — a 11-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
Source ceiling
- actor name
- victim claim
- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
interlock
According to ransomware.live, Interlock is a ransomware group first observed in September 2024 that targets critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, government, education, and technology across North America and Europe using double-extortion, with 57+ claimed victims including a major US dialysis provider exposing over two million patient records.