MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Whitworth University

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 29, 2022

Filed

May 12, 2023

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

1,223state residents only

Linked

11 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Whitworth University →

Whitworth University notified affected individuals of a ransomware attack detected on July 29, 2022. Unauthorized access may have exposed personal information including names, SSNs, DOBs, passport numbers, and health information. The university engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, rebuilt systems, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Jul 29, 2022

Discovered

May 12, 2023

Filed

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

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 275 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_88fe38d865e0c77d2022-08-10 · +274dCandidate

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e0cb1c9df0d3debc2023-05-12Verified by operator
California State AGbd_000f0e63ede62e352023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1b5f2a226647531b2023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_513ded4de33ab4772023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 220d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_703a926d3e579ba32023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator
Idaho State AGbd_57d2ad17d82130962023-05-19 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_5d844bede7e0dbd92023-04-28 · +14dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_eff70d4adcf75c392023-04-28 · +14dVerified
Washington State AGbd_9ba14f07862a4b382022-10-04 · +220dCandidate

Name: Whitworth University
norm: whitworth university
Domain: whitworth.edu

Name: Whitworth University
norm: whitworth university
Domain: whitworth.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 29, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,223state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity
Notified law enforcement
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Bolstered network security
Reviewed and altered policies, procedures, and network security software relating to the security of systems and servers
Changed how data is stored and managed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 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 · 10 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Washington State AGOct 4 · first

Indiana State AG+206d

Vermont State AG+206d

New Hampshire State AG+220d

Montana State AG+220d · this page

California State AG+221d

Maine State AG+221d

Oregon State AG+221d

Massachusetts State AG+221d

Idaho State AG+227d

Pattern: first filing Oct 4 (WA), last May 19 (ID) — a 227-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-273.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2023
Raw hash: 376ad03bc1d1ba55400f4adc7a635ec1ec6af1f18dee1b7eea22b4a9799fe68d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWhitworth University

Victim entityWhitworth University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 29, 2022

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov