MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

William Jewell College

bd_5ee6813b253de5e7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2023

Filed

Jan 29, 2024

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for William Jewell College →

William Jewell College experienced a ransomware incident on August 18, 2023, where an unauthorized actor gained access to systems, encrypted data with malware, and acquired certain data. The college discovered the event on the same day, took systems offline, and launched an investigation. A review concluded on January 19, 2024, that some individuals' data may have been impacted. The college notified law enforcement, regulators, and credit bureaus, and is offering credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d23 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 164 days

Aug 18, 2023

Begins

Aug 18, 2023

Discovered

Jan 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_74280268e766d04c2023-11-03 · +86dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_15680f15ef73b2902024-01-29Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_c13672c3cf52f1fa2024-01-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b786373f0ecc26262024-01-30 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: William Jewell College
norm: william jewell college
Domain: jewell.edu

Name: William Jewell College
norm: william jewell college
Domain: jewell.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 18, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 29, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessary

During the incident: Took steps to bring critical systems offline to ensure the security of the network
Safely and securely restore systems
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Notified law enforcement regarding the event
Reviewed applicable policies, procedures, and security tools
Providing access to credit monitoring services for individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Updated our employee training program, to reduce the risk of a similar event from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(164 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJan 29 · first

Indiana State AGJan 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/william-jewell-college-20240129.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2024
Raw hash: 3ccda4c6faba9d8379a6f7bd45182259ac7b14ddae70f647dbedc46b03e02651

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilliam Jewell College

Victim entityWilliam Jewell College

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to bring critical systems offline to ensure the security of the network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov