Albion College
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Full breach record for Albion College →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Medusa 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
Albion College (founded in 1850) offers bachelor’s degrees in business, the humanities, fine arts, natural sciences, and social sciences. It provides study-abroad programs in Europe, Latin America, Israel, Africa, Asia, and Australia. About 1,500 students are currently studying. Albion College corporate office is located Albion, Michigan, United States and has 412 employees.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Dec 17, 2024
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
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Compliance clock
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap
- Washington State AGbd_58e51e667502f6e52025-04-30 · +134dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_03211ef4625d44f52025-05-01 · +135dVerified by operator
- Indiana State AGbd_7cca37b7de16e3a02025-05-01 · +135dVerified
- Maine State AGbd_ba6082db2152b9712025-05-01 · +135dVerified
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- Nebraska State AGbd_c94d602bc101c6a32025-05-01 · +135dVerified
- New Hampshire State AGbd_c9a7db1480ccd80a2025-05-05 · +139dVerified
Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Apr 30 (WA), last May 5 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
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Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
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medusa
According to ransomware.live, Medusa is a ransomware-as-a-service operation active since June 2021 that has targeted over 300 victims across critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, education, legal, and manufacturing using double-extortion, with attacks surging 42% between 2023 and 2024 and a formal CISA advisory issued in early 2025.