Lincoln University
bd_6f7428b0d6aba8fa · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for Lincoln University →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Meow 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
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Nov 6, 2024
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
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- Nebraska State AGbd_2acf68f989e428cb2025-10-07 · +334dCandidate
- Indiana State AGbd_bf9d9986533d21b22025-10-07 · +334dVerified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_06e7431dda9e5c232025-10-17 · +344dVerified
- California State AGbd_005fa57b46db12702025-10-21 · +348dVerified
Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Oct 7 (NE), last Oct 21 (CA) — a 14-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.
meow
According to ransomware.live, Meow emerged in 2022 (resurfacing aggressively in 2024), initially operating as a RaaS using the Conti v2 codebase before transitioning to a data-extortion-only model — selling stolen data rather than encrypting files — with a heavy focus on US healthcare and medical research organizations.