MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

William Jewell College

bd_15680f15ef73b290 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

Jan 29, 2024

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for William Jewell College →

William Jewell College notified affected individuals of a ransomware incident discovered on August 18, 2023. Systems were encrypted and taken offline. The investigation determined an unauthorized actor accessed data. The college reported the incident to law enforcement and regulators, updated security policies, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 164 days

Aug 18, 2023

Begins

Aug 18, 2023

Discovered

Jan 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_74280268e766d04c2023-11-03 · +86dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5ee6813b253de5e72024-01-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_c13672c3cf52f1fa2024-01-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b786373f0ecc26262024-01-30 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: William Jewell College
norm: william jewell college
Domain: jewell.edu

Name: William Jewell College
norm: william jewell college
Domain: jewell.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 18, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 29, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified relevant regulators

During the incident: Moved quickly to respond, securely restore our systems, assess the security of our network, and investigate the event
Reported this event to law enforcement and notified relevant regulators
Offering 12/24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed our policies, procedures, and security tools, and updated our employee training program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(164 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 29 · first

Indiana State AGJan 29 · first

Montana State AGJan 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1060.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2024
Raw hash: bb32af921ca2c1b25758e3d0ecd95107d5bd5068dbcadb2c480dd5c400b82eff

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilliam Jewell College

Victim entityWilliam Jewell College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to respond, securely restore our systems, assess the security of our network, and investigate the event

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov