MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Monmouth College

bd_d8bc9c03f1a14ae8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2022

Filed

Mar 4, 2024

To disclose

15 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Monmouth College →

Monmouth College notified consumers of a ransomware incident occurring between Dec 6-14, 2022. The college engaged forensic investigators and notified law enforcement. Affected data includes PII such as names and potentially SSNs. The college offered complimentary TransUnion credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday15 months 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

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 446 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 14, 2022

Discovered

Mar 4, 2024

Filed

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

A leak claim by vicesociety about this victim was first seen 409 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_ea656c42fca7b8592023-01-20 · +409dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_0c506b35897c7f272024-03-01 · +3dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_2d261d97357ad6a72024-03-20 · +16dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_803dbe1e1cd6a5182024-03-20 · +16dVerified
Washington State AGbd_d0d44a94750c51c42024-03-20 · +16dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 425d gap

Maine State AGbd_f07429db46807c902024-03-20 · +16dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_637540beb8912bde2024-03-21 · +17dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_c846c130797e3a0f2023-01-04 · +425dVerified by operator

Name: Monmouth College
norm: monmouth college

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: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged a national cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Took steps to mitigate the potential impact
Notified law enforcement
Arranged for you to activate, at no cost to you, TransUnion credit monitoring
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Evaluating opportunities to further secure our systems to prevent a similar event from occurring again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(446 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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 · 8 filings · 8 states

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Indiana State AGJan 4 · first

Illinois State AG+422d

Vermont State AG+425d · this page

Montana State AG+441d

California State AG+441d

Washington State AG+441d

Maine State AG+441d

Massachusetts State AG+442d

Pattern: first filing Jan 4 (IN), last Mar 21 (MA) — a 442-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-04-monmouth-college-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 4, 2024
Raw hash: 88f8f6157e3742aac9e82cb4611dfc1082eb16f7e0480eceeeb465dc4048db12

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMonmouth College

Victim entityMonmouth College

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov