MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Knox College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 24, 2022

Filed

Jan 4, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,003state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Knox College →

Knox College, a private liberal arts college in Illinois, notified Washington state AG of a ransomware attack discovered on November 24, 2022. The incident affected 1,003 Washington residents, exposing names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, and passport numbers. Knox engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Nov 24, 2022

Begins

Nov 24, 2022

Discovered

Jan 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehivebd_03e98ba6420996102022-12-10 · +25dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7dae4dc8f93f37322023-01-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_20c0e7297b3145b72023-01-05 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_422734f3a7f00c322023-01-05 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7c821ccb4a4587272023-01-05 · +1dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_acd0f3afbf6abce12023-01-05 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c8299e5911b524a42023-01-05 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d926153edc6e25f52023-01-05 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1a88aa8267d823742023-01-03 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_f1c20669fb6d1fab2023-01-01 · +3dCandidate

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Knox College
norm: knox college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 24, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 3, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,003state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthPassport number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took steps to secure its network
Initiated an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity experts
Reported this incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cooperating with investigative requests
Established a toll-free call center through IDX
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit and identity theft monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional security features to help ensure the security of its systems and reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+2d

Montana State AG+3d

Washington State AG+3d · this page

Maine State AG+4d

California State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM14508.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2023
Raw hash: fb38a993d2c5d6d0f2e3301391ff0fb47279d79e13465eb2a55618a883ee9abb

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityKnox College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 24, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure its network

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com