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The Chicago Zoological Society

bd_e2f2d29e69a84705 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 17, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Chicago Zoological Society →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Hunters International 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: Consumer ServicesDiscovered: 2024-02-17
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Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Country : United States of America - Exfiltraded data : yes - Encrypted data : yes

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 17, 2024

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

This leak-site claim is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 153d gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJul 1 · first
Massachusetts State AG+18d
New Hampshire State AG+18d
Montana State AG+18d
Indiana State AG+18d

Pattern: first filing Jul 1 (IL), last Jul 19 (IN) — a 18-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

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.