Hartwick College
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Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Chort 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
Status: Wait for Decision - details: Databases + Files of This Company
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Nov 17, 2024
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap
- Nebraska State AGbd_1c5cb7b12639f4352025-04-08 · +142dCandidate
- Indiana State AGbd_273f83dc01a772032025-04-08 · +142dVerified
- Vermont State AGbd_b1776cbc7a5126512025-04-09 · +143dVerified
- New Hampshire State AGbd_61c035df1f2d90122025-04-10 · +144dVerified
Show 2 more filings ↓Show fewer ↑up to 145d gap
- Maine State AGbd_0cd02106928526332025-04-11 · +145dVerified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_5f0a949dc18357282025-04-11 · +145dVerified
Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Nov 17, last Apr 11 (MA) — a 145-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.
chort
According to ransomware.live, Chort is a double-extortion ransomware group (whose name means "Devil" in Russian) that emerged in October 2024, primarily targeting US education and government sectors, with notable victims including the City of Sheboygan and Kuwait's Ministry of Finance.