Ransomware victim disclosure
← All victimsWestlake Christian Academy
Claimed by Interlock · listed 4 months ago
Status timeline
- Listed
Jan 7, 2026
- Data leaked
At a glance
- Group
- Interlock
- Status
- Data leaked
- Country
- United States
- Sector
- Education
- Listed on leak site
- Jan 7, 2026
About the victim
AI dossier — public-source company profileWestlake Christian Academy is a private Christian school located in Grayslake, Illinois, serving students from preschool through 12th grade. The school offers a Christ-centered, biblically integrated curriculum across early learning, elementary, and secondary programs. It emphasizes discipleship, family partnership, and personalized learning within a Christian worldview.
- Industry
- Private K-12 Christian Education
- Address
- Grayslake, IL, United States
Attack summary
Severity: high — Confirmed exfiltration and publication of student and staff PII from a K-12 school. Student data (including minors) constitutes regulated sensitive data under FERPA and potentially COPPA, making this a serious privacy incident affecting a vulnerable population.The Interlock ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated the school's database, including its entire student list and staff information, and states that this data has been made publicly available.
Data the group says was taken
AI dossier — extracted from the leak post- Student records / full student list
- Staff personal information
- School database
What the group claims
Westlake Christian Academy is a private Christian school located in Grayslake. Due to security issues, its database, including its entire student list and staff information, was made publicly available. The staff at this institution exhibits extreme indifference and inappropriate behavior toward its students and staff.
Sources
Source
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