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Virginia Union University

bd_25927e13677b544f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 21, 2023

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group LockBit 3.x 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.

Sanctions caution: LockBit 3.x carries US sanctions exposure — OFAC has designated the group or its operators. Public reporting is permitted (informational-materials exemption, 50 U.S.C. § 1702(b)(3)) — but any payment or material support may violate sanctions. Consult counsel before engaging.

Group activity: EducationDiscovered: 2023-02-21

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Virginia Union UniversityVirginia Union University is a private historically black Baptist university in Richmond, Virginia. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 21, 2023

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 439d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGMay 1 · first
Illinois State AGMay 1 · first
Montana State AGMay 1 · first
Indiana State AGMay 1 · first
Delaware State AGMay 1 · first

Pattern: first filing May 1 (CA), last May 6 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

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

Press / market report

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

State AG / regulator filing

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

SEC 8-K / victim statement

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.