MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedEducationFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Monmouth College

bd_d0d44a94750c51c4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

15 months

Affected

677state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Monmouth College →3 incidents on file

Monmouth College reported a ransomware incident to Washington AG affecting 677 residents. The breach occurred between Dec 6-14, 2022. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and medical info. Notifications sent March 4, 2024. Remediation included MFA and password updates.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d15 months 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 · 8 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 462 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 14, 2022

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by vicesociety about this victim predates this filing by 424 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_ea656c42fca7b8592023-01-20 · +425dCandidate

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_803dbe1e1cd6a5182024-03-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_f07429db46807c902024-03-20Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_c846c130797e3a0f2023-01-04 · +441dVerified by operator

Name: Pierson Ferdinand LLP
norm: pierson ferdinand
Domain: pierferd.com

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: Mar 4, 2024
Affected individuals: 677state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthStudent ID numberMedical 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 ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the Incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the Incident to law enforcement
Worked with cybersecurity counsel and forensic experts to investigate
Engaged a national cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Offered complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Updating password requirements
Implementing multi-factor authentication
Implementing new technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(462 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

California State AG+441d

Maine State AG+441d

Washington State AG+441d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (IN), last Mar 20 (WA) — a 441-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/BreachA28330.pdf
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: 125ce46e078357b070694032167a90d9d600df54a2b9154cba66ac5dc3340279

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPierson Ferdinand LLP

Victim entityMonmouth College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2022

Stated responseReported the Incident to law enforcement

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com