MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Whitworth University

bd_e0cb1c9df0d3debc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 29, 2022

Filed

May 12, 2023

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

11 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Whitworth University →

Whitworth University experienced a ransomware attack on July 29, 2022, where unauthorized actors infiltrated the network. The incident potentially exposed personal information of current/former students and employees, including names, addresses, and possibly Social Security numbers. 28 New Hampshire residents were affected. The university engaged forensic experts, rebuilt systems, and offered credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Jul 29, 2022

Begins

Jul 29, 2022

Discovered

May 12, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 11 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 275 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelockbit_3bd_88fe38d865e0c77d2022-08-10 · +274dCandidate

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_a95dbb769635964d2023-05-12Verified
California State AGbd_000f0e63ede62e352023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1b5f2a226647531b2023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_513ded4de33ab4772023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 220d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_703a926d3e579ba32023-05-13 · +1dVerified by operator
Idaho State AGbd_57d2ad17d82130962023-05-19 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_5d844bede7e0dbd92023-04-28 · +14dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_eff70d4adcf75c392023-04-28 · +14dVerified
Washington State AGbd_9ba14f07862a4b382022-10-04 · +220dCandidate

Name: Whitworth University
norm: whitworth university
Domain: whitworth.edu

Name: Whitworth University
norm: whitworth university
Domain: whitworth.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jul 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 29, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Department of Education which completed an investigation into the incident

During the incident: Engaged a team of external forensic and cybersecurity experts to analyze the environment
Conducting a comprehensive investigation into the sensitivity of data accessed
Wiped and rebuilt affected systems
Notified law enforcement
Notified the Department of Education
Changes made: Taken additional steps to enhance technical safeguards relating to the security of its systems and servers
Reviewing and altering policies, procedures, and network security software relating to the security of its systems and servers
Reviewing how we store and manage data
Offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Washington State AGOct 4 · first

Indiana State AG+206d

Vermont State AG+206d

Montana State AG+220d

New Hampshire State AG+220d · this page

California State AG+221d

Maine State AG+221d

Oregon State AG+221d

Massachusetts State AG+221d

Idaho State AG+227d

Pattern: first filing Oct 4 (WA), last May 19 (ID) — a 227-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/whitworth-university-20230512.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2023
Raw hash: 4fac25bbcfd7807c22661ba412c7d2339b87801d3a3cea217934a293328903fd

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWhitworth University

Victim entityWhitworth University

Incidentdiscovered Jul 29, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a team of external forensic and cybersecurity experts to analyze the environment

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov