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Northwestern Community Services Board

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 8, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 records

Confidence

50%

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.

Group activity: HealthcareDiscovered: 2024-08-24
View aggregator listing on ransomware.liveView merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Northwestern Community Services Board (nwcsb.com) is a mental health organization dedicated to providing comprehensive behavioral health, developmental disability, and substance use services. They serve individuals and families in the northwestern region, aiming to enhance the quality of life through accessible, person-centered care and community-based support programs.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Aug 8, 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 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRMay 29 · first
Nebraska State AG+39d
Maine State AG+39d
Massachusetts State AG+40d

Pattern: first filing May 29 (VA), last Jul 8 (MA) — a 40-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 2023-06-12

blacksuit

According to ransomware.live, According to Trend Micro, this ransomware has significant code overlap with Royal Ransomware.

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