MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Monmouth College

bd_803dbe1e1cd6a518 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

15 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Monmouth College →3 incidents on file

Monmouth College experienced a ransomware incident between December 6 and December 14, 2022. The attack involved encryption of digital files. Personal information, potentially including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, may have been impacted. The college engaged a cybersecurity firm, notified law enforcement, and 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 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_ea656c42fca7b8592023-01-20 · +425dCandidate

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_d0d44a94750c51c42024-03-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_f07429db46807c902024-03-20Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_c846c130797e3a0f2023-01-04 · +441dVerified by operator

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: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
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
Notified law enforcement
Arranged for TransUnion credit monitoring and credit report services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout through Identity Force
Changes made: Evaluating opportunities to further secure our systems to prevent a similar event from occurring again in the future
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

Washington State AG+441d

Maine State AG+441d

California State AG+441d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (IN), last Mar 20 (CA) — a 441-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-582774
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: 2695fb2c16a4fb03d8f3e0aacb13391f2ee3aa3464123a59e356d04fcf5c3927

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · 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 provenanceoag.ca.gov