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Kalamazoo Public School District

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Apr 26, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Kalamazoo Public School District →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Interlock 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: 2025-05-23

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Kalamazoo Public Schools oversees 25 public schools in the district . Provides educational services for students ranging from preschool to high school. The district offers diverse programs including adult education, special education, and various extracurricular activities to support student growth. It aims to serve the local community by fostering academic excellence and personal development among students. Additionally, it collaborates with various community organizations to enhance educational outcomes and support for families.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 26, 2025

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 7 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 79d gap

Press reports (1)

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jul 8 (IN), last Jul 14 (NH) — a 6-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 2023-12-01

interlock

According to ransomware.live, Interlock is a ransomware group first observed in September 2024 that targets critical infrastructure sectors including healthcare, government, education, and technology across North America and Europe using double-extortion, with 57+ claimed victims including a major US dialysis provider exposing over two million patient records.

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