HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Institute of Culinary Education

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 5, 2025

Filed

Oct 6, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Institute of Culinary Education →

The Institute of Culinary Education experienced unauthorized access to its systems on or around May 5, 2025, resulting in the copying of files containing names and Social Security numbers. The Institute discovered the activity, conducted a forensic investigation, and determined that 10 Nebraska residents were affected. Notification was provided via website posting on September 26, 2025, and written notice to Nebraska residents on October 6, 2025. The Institute offered one year of credit monitoring through Epiq and notified the Department of Education.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

May 5, 2025

Begins

May 5, 2025

Discovered

Oct 6, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by payoutsking about this victim predates this filing by 131 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

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

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2a7d823e75938fd32025-10-06Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_4c07637677e4b7482025-10-06Verified 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
Domain: ice.edu

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

Discovered: May 5, 2025
Breach occurred: May 5, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 26, 2025
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified the Department of Educationproviding written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated a thorough forensic investigation
Notified the Department of Education
Enhance its technical safeguards
Providing 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, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
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 · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first

Indiana State AGOct 6 · first

Vermont State AGOct 6 · first

Montana State AGOct 6 · first

Nebraska 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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/b64a1421-697e-468d-988e-f4b94c34c640.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: 124e10cf4f1833a1911c69f5246a257eafb1b6333acc34ae594e348df266a4e0

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInstitute of Culinary Education

Victim entityInstitute of Culinary Education

Incidentdiscovered May 5, 2025

Stated responseInitiated a thorough forensic investigation

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov