FEDERALItem 8.01 · voluntaryHackingEducationEducationVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

The University of Phoenix, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 21, 2025

Filed

Dec 2, 2025

To disclose

11 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The University of Phoenix, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. (via subsidiary The University of Phoenix, Inc.) disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS). An unauthorized third party exfiltrated data by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Oracle EBS, which the Company believes was used in August 2025 to copy data. The Company detected the incident on November 21, 2025, engaged third-party cybersecurity firms, and installed Oracle EBS patches following their release in October 2025. The Company believes the affected data includes names, contact information, dates of birth, SSNs, and bank account/routing numbers. The investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 112 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Aug 1, 2025

Begins

Nov 21, 2025

Discovered

Dec 2, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_07f2680cb5c0bb722025-12-21 · +19dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0f1e0ada220db05b2025-12-21 · +19dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_296734ddcf83ab6a2025-12-21 · +19dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_3d18365ebdc6078f2025-12-22 · +20dVerified

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Texas State AGbd_5c3c3d94680bea802025-12-22 · +20dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_65849a27efab9be32025-12-22 · +20dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_76c4b059c21b7a702025-12-22 · +20dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_b8bb5487f66113412025-12-22 · +20dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fac6b9ef2dd646f42025-12-22 · +20dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_26bf80a345c196ab2026-01-01 · +30dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.
norm: phoenix education
SEC CIK: 0001600222

Name: The University of Phoenix, Inc.
norm: the university of phoenix
Also named: Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.operating subsidiary ofholding company
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 21, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2025
Undetected for: 112 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to investigate and respond with the assistance of leading third-party cybersecurity firms
Installed Oracle EBS software patches to remediate the vulnerability following their release in October 2025
Changes made: Installed Oracle EBS software patches to remediate the vulnerability following their release in October 2025
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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SEC 8-KDec 2 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+19d

Massachusetts State AG+19d

Iowa State AG+19d

Indiana State AG+20d

Texas State AG+20d

Nebraska State AG+20d

Delaware State AG+20d

South Carolina State AG+20d

New Hampshire State AG+20d

Illinois State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Dec 2, last Jan 1 (IL) — a 30-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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 filing

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

SEC 8-K / victim statementThis record

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

Source URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600222/000095014225003098/eh250711375_8k.htm
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 2, 2025
Raw hash: 1b404ebe59388af97f38a6b41785dd44d12096182ae5449dd9138a0ecb7300fb

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPhoenix Education Partners, Inc.

Victim entityThe University of Phoenix, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 21, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to investigate and respond with the assistance of leading third-party cybersecurity firms

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.sec.gov

Source filing