HackingEducationEducationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Institute of Culinary Education

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Institute of Culinary Education →

The Institute of Culinary Education reported that an unauthorized actor gained access to certain systems and copied files on or around May 5, 2025. The incident involved personal information including names, and potentially SSNs and financial data based on the credit monitoring offer. The organization launched an investigation, secured its environment, and is offering credit monitoring services to affected individuals in California, Rhode Island, and Washington.

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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 7, 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 92 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitepayoutskingbd_bf365248a92aa2062025-05-28 · +132dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_04fa2b70dfe02ce92025-10-07Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_764f9f8bb216912f2025-10-07Verified
Texas State AGbd_fe182067ed3126ae2025-10-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2a7d823e75938fd32025-10-06 · +1dVerified by operator

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Indiana State AGbd_4c07637677e4b7482025-10-06 · +1dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_5066eec9571a72022025-10-06 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_76c86c55a1736a8e2025-10-06 · +1dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_de4f194ba8ae14862025-10-06 · +1dVerified by operator

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

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: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event
Took measures to ensure the security of our environment
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12/24 months at no cost through Epiq
Changes made: 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

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New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first

Indiana State AGOct 6 · first

Nebraska State AGOct 6 · first

Vermont State AGOct 6 · first

Montana State AGOct 6 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Texas State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-612368
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: 16814a795367eeff53c4160b3f3aa8b5864020bf2e231c98c03aa907e41dcd69

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 responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov