The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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Full breach record for The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania →3 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Shinyhunters 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
Records: 1.2M Records | Updated: 04 Feb 2026 | Note: Make the right decision, don't be the next headline. | This is the direct result of advisors advising you against paying a ransom. It has the opposite effect. Do NOT provoke us again and pay the ransom when we contact you.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Feb 4, 2026
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 (10) · sorted by filing gap
- Oregon State AGbd_52860701b7a833ff2025-12-22 · +44dVerified by operator
- New Hampshire State AGbd_04392877ff003a222025-12-04 · +62dVerified
- Texas State AGbd_e679c6a24510eaf92025-12-03 · +63dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_8ad1850d7141bc9a2025-12-02 · +64dVerified by operator
Show 6 more filings ↓Show fewer ↑up to 70d gap
- California State AGbd_194bd163b527a3352025-12-01 · +65dVerified by operator
- Montana State AGbd_1fae715254418c002025-12-01 · +65dVerified by operator
- Iowa State AGbd_3340eceed80aa4a62025-12-01 · +65dVerified by operator
- South Carolina State AGbd_36bdda19f39a3c942025-12-01 · +65dVerified
- Delaware State AGbd_5e138ad76c39ef7a2025-12-01 · +65dVerified by operator
- Washington State AGbd_5fa5e741d0d862242026-04-15 · +70dVerified by operator
Showing first 10 of 16 linked disclosures.
Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Dec 1 (CA), last Apr 15 (WA) — a 135-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 16 — the full spread may be wider.
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.
shinyhunters
According to ransomware.live, ShinyHunters is a financially motivated data-theft and extortion group active since 2020, responsible for high-profile breaches including Ticketmaster (via Snowflake) and PowerSchool; by 2025 they launched a RaaS offering called "shinysp1d3r," and in August 2025 French authorities arrested four members.