The WorkPlace
bd_e0aa32fb489837ca · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for The WorkPlace →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group BlackSuit (formerly Royal) 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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
The WorkPlace was originally incorporated as the Private Industry Council of Southern Connecticut on August 11, 1983. Today, we conduct comprehensive planning, and coordinate regional and state-wide workforce development programs to prepare people for careers while strengthening the workforce for employers.We do this chiefly by administering workforce development funds and coordinating providers of job training and education programs. But our role is actually much larger. We believe in the power of ideas to affect great change – so we act as convener, catalyst, collaborator and advocate for workforce development throughout the region, state and nation.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Mar 4, 2023
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Ransomware claims (1)
- Leak Sitelosttrustbd_b375622e972942e72023-09-26 · +206dVerified by operator
Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- Montana State AGbd_4a03c2bfc00180af2023-08-11 · +160dCandidate
- Vermont State AGbd_5bd3b79e6a30c9112023-08-11 · +160dVerified
- Massachusetts State AGbd_ac2cabb28c3af7fb2023-08-11 · +160dVerified
- Maine State AGbd_ceef0491b026d4ee2023-08-11 · +160dVerified
Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states
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Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
Source ceiling
- actor name
- victim claim
- ransom/leak status
- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
blacksuit
According to ransomware.live, According to Trend Micro, this ransomware has significant code overlap with Royal Ransomware.