Settlement Music School
akiraThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the akira group against Settlement Music School. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
Settlement Music School was founded in 1908 as a of The College Settlement in Philadelphia. This doesn't seem to notice that many things relating security have changed since 1908. We've found documents with personal information in their net: teachers, parents, employees. Financial reports other numerous internal documents are also going be posted in this blog soon.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.