HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Institute of Culinary Education

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 6, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

34state residents only

Linked

10 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Institute of Culinary Education →

The Institute of Culinary Education notified the NH Attorney General of an incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems and copied files on or around May 5, 2025. The data involved included names and Social Security numbers. 34 New Hampshire residents were affected. The organization initiated a forensic investigation, notified the Department of Education, and is offering one year of credit monitoring through Epiq.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

May 5, 2025

Begins

Oct 6, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 10 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by payoutsking about this victim was first seen 91 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitepayoutskingbd_bf365248a92aa2062025-05-28 · +131dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4c07637677e4b7482025-10-06Verified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_5066eec9571a72022025-10-06Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_76c86c55a1736a8e2025-10-06Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_de4f194ba8ae14862025-10-06Verified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_04fa2b70dfe02ce92025-10-07 · +1dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_35009cefd8198a452025-10-07 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_764f9f8bb216912f2025-10-07 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_fe182067ed3126ae2025-10-07 · +1dVerified

Name: Institute of Culinary Education
norm: institute of culinary education

Name: Institute of Culinary Education
norm: institute of culinary education
Domain: ice.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 5, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2025
Affected individuals: 34state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Department of EducationProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators

During the incident: Promptly began an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Initiated a thorough forensic investigation
Notified the Department of Education
Provided potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing those individuals whose Social Security number may be affected access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Epiq
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to enhance its technical safeguards
Continue to evaluate and evolve its cybersecurity posture
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 6 · first

Nebraska State AGOct 6 · first

Vermont State AGOct 6 · first

Montana State AGOct 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Texas State AG+1d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/institute-culinary-education-20251006.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2025
Raw hash: 916fcb1d4ad3befbb22088ddc7dd974d6b4447fe4de48e07e1396c0a979bf296

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInstitute of Culinary Education

Victim entityInstitute of Culinary Education

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responsePromptly began an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov