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Frontline Education

bd_3e2174d6f70fcaf1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 14, 2026

Filed

Oct 26, 2026

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

68%
Full breach record for Frontline Education →

Frontline Education, a K-12 school administration software provider, notified the Iowa Attorney General of a data security event. On August 14, 2026, unauthorized access was gained via a vulnerability in a third-party software product. The incident involved the exfiltration of personal information, including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, and Medicaid IDs, belonging to staff and students of Iowa school districts. Frontline engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, remediated the vulnerability, and began notifying affected individuals on October 26, 2026, offering credit monitoring services.

Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday10 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Aug 14, 2026

Begins

Aug 14, 2026

Discovered

Oct 26, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 25d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (MA), last Oct 28 (TX) — a 27-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.