MalwareEducationEducationPhishingRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Christian Brothers Academy of Albany

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 4, 2025

Filed

Aug 15, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Christian Brothers Academy of Albany →

Christian Brothers Academy notified South Carolina residents of a June 2025 cyberattack involving a phishing attack that led to a ransomware deployment. Unauthorized actors accessed files potentially containing names, addresses, financial info, driver's license, and passport numbers. CBA contained the breach, did not pay ransom, engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and provided two years of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 72 days

Jun 4, 2025

Discovered

Aug 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by interlock about this victim predates this filing by 63 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteinterlockbd_0b013548a06f040c2025-06-12 · +64dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0878e0e13414488d2025-08-15Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_4803d0a6972c94662025-08-15Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_abcb26b62c89b3b12025-08-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1727c63ed6eb7702025-08-15Verified

Name: The Christian Brothers Academy of Albany
norm: the christian brothers academy of albany

Name: The Christian Brothers Academy of Albany
norm: the christian brothers academy of albany
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems and began an investigation with the assistance of a forensic firm
Contained the breach and terminated the unauthorized person’s access
Working with a cybersecurity consultant to enhance our systems
Required all employees to change the passwords that they use to access our systems
Implemented multi-factor authentication for our systems across all users
Secured and rebuild our network
Deploying several new measures to prevent future incidents
Implemented several additional security features, including, but not limited to, expanded multi-factor authentication across all users, VLAN segmentation, including radius protections, and installation of additional cybersecurity software such as SentinelOne
Updated internal policies and training regarding personal device use, password creation, and digital security
Secured credit-monitoring services for you
Changes made: Expanded multi-factor authentication across all users
VLAN segmentation, including radius protections
Installation of additional cybersecurity software such as SentinelOne
Updated internal policies and training regarding personal device use, password creation, and digital security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(72 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 15 · first

Maine State AGAug 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 15 · first

South Carolina State AGAug 15 · first · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Christian%20Brothers%20Academy.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2025
Raw hash: 1d5b98a3b5da7ba61c1dda8eab63bf9813043d4e6978065f9c28ea9b6730fb36

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Christian Brothers Academy of Albany

Victim entityThe Christian Brothers Academy of Albany

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems and began an investigation with the assistance of a forensic firm

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov