HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Lincoln University

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

Oct 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lincoln University →

Lincoln University notified affected individuals on October 7, 2025, regarding a data incident discovered on October 9, 2024. An unauthorized actor accessed the network and exfiltrated files containing names and Social Security numbers. The university secured systems, engaged forensic professionals, and notified federal law enforcement. Affected individuals are offered 12 months of credit monitoring services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

Oct 9, 2024

Discovered

Oct 7, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by meow about this victim predates this filing by 334 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemeowbd_6f7428b0d6aba8fa2024-11-06 · +334dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_bf9d9986533d21b22025-10-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_06e7431dda9e5c232025-10-17 · +10dVerified
California State AGbd_005fa57b46db12702025-10-21 · +14dVerified

Name: Lincoln University
norm: lincoln university
Domain: lincoln.edu

Name: Lincoln University
norm: lincoln university
Domain: lincoln.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Oct 9, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 7, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure our systems
Partnered with cyber incident response professionals
Notified federal law enforcement
Changes made: Reviewing our existing security policies and protections already in place on our network
Adopting additional security to safeguard against evolving threats moving forward
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Scoreservices at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGOct 7 · first

Nebraska State AGOct 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+10d

California State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Oct 7 (IN), last Oct 21 (CA) — a 14-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/50e46c3f-267d-4116-aa49-2b9759f9bce2.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2025
Raw hash: f810c57370d17a8d2de06b79e9efed730a26bf713667d711a145d0e0272385bb

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLincoln University

Victim entityLincoln University

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure our systems

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov