MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Monmouth College

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

15 months

Affected

27state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Monmouth College →3 incidents on file

Monmouth College experienced a ransomware incident occurring between December 6 and December 14, 2022. The college engaged forensic investigators and notified law enforcement. Personal information, potentially including names and other PII, was involved. The college offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 462 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 14, 2022

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_637540beb8912bde2024-03-21 · +1dVerified

Name: Monmouth College
norm: monmouth college

Name: Monmouth College
norm: monmouth college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2022 – Dec 14, 2022
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 11, 2022
Affected individuals: 27state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged a national cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Took steps to mitigate the potential impact to our community
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Evaluating opportunities to further secure our systems to prevent a similar event from occurring again in the future
Arranged for you to activate, at no cost to you, TransUnion credit monitoring
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(462 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGMar 20 · first · this page

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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-1211.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2024
Raw hash: f76500d292ce786af49c2445b393d8697be6c988d3748f126ac13cabac9708f0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMonmouth College

Victim entityMonmouth College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov