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

9 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Monmouth College →

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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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d15 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 462 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 14, 2022

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 9 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by vicesociety about this victim was first seen 425 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_ea656c42fca7b8592023-01-20 · +425dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2d261d97357ad6a72024-03-20Verified by operator
Washington State AGbd_d0d44a94750c51c42024-03-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_f07429db46807c902024-03-20Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_637540beb8912bde2024-03-21 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 441d gap

Vermont State AGbd_d8bc9c03f1a14ae82024-03-04 · +16dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_0c506b35897c7f272024-03-01 · +19dVerified 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: Leak >180d
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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

Illinois State AG+422d

Vermont State AG+425d

Montana State AG+441d

Washington State AG+441d

Maine State AG+441d

California State AG+441d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+442d

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (IN), last Mar 21 (MA) — a 442-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 (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMonmouth College

Victim entityMonmouth College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov