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Xavier University of Louisiana

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 20, 2022

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Xavier University of Louisiana →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Vicesociety 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: EducationDiscovered: 2022-12-20

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Dec 20, 2022

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 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 62d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 20 (MA) — a 50-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.

About this groupFirst seen 2021-05-31

vicesociety

According to ransomware.live, Vice Society ransomware appends the .v-society extension when encrypting Linux machines. Running a leak site on the darkweb, Possible relations with "HelloKitty"

188 victims claimed globally188 tracked hereFull profile →