DePauw University
bd_21d8cb213ee8255e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for DePauw University →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group BlackSuit (formerly Royal) 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
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college and School of Music. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Oct 31, 2023
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?Ransomware claims (1)
- Leak Siteblacksuitbd_4e78816d47b69ecb2023-11-30 · +30dVerified by operator
Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap
- Pressblacksuitbd_a785ffd77a3c75602023-10-31Candidate
- Vermont State AGbd_bf53b5038e24861b2023-11-22 · +22dVerified by operator
- Montana State AGbd_8080d71947d281532023-11-28 · +28dVerified by operator
- New Hampshire State AGbd_bd4993a540fbb1482023-11-28 · +28dVerified by operator
Show 3 more filings ↓Show fewer ↑up to 41d gap
- California State AGbd_58ff847f72ac48f22023-12-06 · +36dVerified by operator
- Maine State AGbd_763213be05c747ae2023-12-06 · +36dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_69bd7159b052dc5a2023-12-11 · +41dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Oct 31, last Dec 11 (MA) — a 41-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.
blacksuit
According to ransomware.live, According to Trend Micro, this ransomware has significant code overlap with Royal Ransomware.