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The Ripley Academy

bd_cce6e88aa6bfa639 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Oct 22, 2025

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Ripley Academy

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group INC Ransom on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: EducationDiscovered: 2025-11-18

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

The Ripley Academy is an educational institution that focuses on providing high-quality care and education to students in the community. It offers a wide range of subjects and qualifications, including supportive programs for parents and students, and emphasizes ambition, commitment, and pride in its educational approach. With above-average performance in English and Maths, the academy prepares students for remarkable futures, including placements at prestigious universities. The school environment fosters a harmonious atmosphere and a dedication to exceptional educational standards. Employees: 1000 Revenue: $39.5 Million Industry: Education Phone Number: +44 1773746334

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Oct 22, 2025

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

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