MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Knox College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 24, 2022

Filed

Jan 4, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

89state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Knox College →

Knox College notified affected individuals in Montana of a ransomware attack discovered on November 24, 2022. The incident involved unauthorized access to personal information including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and passport numbers. Knox reported the incident to the FBI, engaged cybersecurity experts, and offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Nov 24, 2022

Begins

Nov 24, 2022

Discovered

Jan 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehivebd_03e98ba6420996102022-12-10 · +25dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_0d522761fa2b843b2023-01-04Verified
Maine State AGbd_20c0e7297b3145b72023-01-05 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_422734f3a7f00c322023-01-05 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7c821ccb4a4587272023-01-05 · +1dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_acd0f3afbf6abce12023-01-05 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c8299e5911b524a42023-01-05 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d926153edc6e25f52023-01-05 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_1a88aa8267d823742023-01-03 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_f1c20669fb6d1fab2023-01-01 · +3dCandidate

Name: Knox College
norm: knox college

Name: Knox College
norm: knox college
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 24, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 3, 2023
Affected individuals: 89state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Initiated an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity experts
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Continue to evaluate ways to further enhance the security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+2d

Washington State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d · this page

Maine State AG+4d

California State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

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-33.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 4, 2023
Raw hash: e0ed8853bc24e58396802971d7392124ddaf1f6540f2b476835433dbdb5b1599

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKnox College

Victim entityKnox College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 24, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov