MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

Albany College of Pharmacy

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 14, 2024

Filed

Jun 16, 2025

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

3,245state residents only

Linked

9 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Albany College of Pharmacy →

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences reported a ransomware cyberattack affecting 3,245 individuals. Unauthorized access occurred between August 31 and September 14, 2024. The incident was detected on September 14, 2024. Impacted data included names, government IDs, and health information. The college engaged forensic investigators and offered credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d39 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 275 days

Aug 31, 2024

Begins

Sep 14, 2024

Discovered

Jun 16, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by medusa about this victim was first seen 251 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemedusabd_3fa5bcf38afe8cfb2024-09-14 · +275dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1340b023dbebb48d2025-06-16Verified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_99dcd1cfae53cc592025-06-16Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac3a3f6463b705742025-06-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_e539f790dec34bc92025-06-16Verified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 158d gap

Texas State AGbd_8bd925ccdd1b9c082025-06-17 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4df0933da7f606832025-09-08 · +84dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_1402ad28fe624d822025-11-21 · +158dVerified by operator

Name: Albany College of Pharmacy
norm: albany college of pharmacy
Domain: acphs.edu

Name: Albany College of Pharmacy
norm: albany college of pharmacy
Domain: acphs.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Sep 14, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 31, 2024 – Sep 14, 2024
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,245state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Immediately took steps to remediate the incident
Commenced a thorough investigation
Working closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Offering a complimentary membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(275 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJun 16 · first

Nebraska State AGJun 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 16 · first

Maine State AGJun 16 · first

Washington State AGJun 16 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

Maine State AG+84d

Nebraska State AG+158d

Pattern: first filing Jun 16 (VT), last Nov 21 (NE) — a 158-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA33617.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 16, 2025
Raw hash: 2f5a61c303abee50127d3ef57ca063e8c79e0faa85b9f586e382e8a5272c0b7d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlbany College of Pharmacy

Victim entityAlbany College of Pharmacy

Incidentdiscovered Sep 14, 2024

Stated responseImmediately took steps to remediate the incident

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com