HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Kaplan North America, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 17, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

39,331state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kaplan North America, LLC →

Kaplan North America, LLC notified the Iowa AG of unauthorized access to its computer network between Oct 30 and Nov 18, 2025. The incident exposed names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers of 39,331 Iowa residents. Kaplan secured the network, engaged external IT specialists, alerted law enforcement, and sent notification letters on March 17, 2026, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Oct 30, 2025

Begins

Mar 17, 2026

Filed

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

Indiana State AGbd_03ac6b2ac5b6d4a62026-03-17Candidate
California State AGbd_1e887c69b831ca2b2026-03-17Verified
Maine State AGbd_3af6a5c8e815660b2026-03-17Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_43bbc55f2a1fdb412026-03-17Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_5195761b433bf3772026-03-17Verified
Washington State AGbd_7eccbae29faca6902026-03-17Verified
Delaware State AGbd_9cd5c500ae4a65632026-03-17Verified
Vermont State AGbd_a1a2590136ab7edd2026-03-17Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_a59f0cce0c39e59d2026-03-17Verified
Texas State AGbd_2163f3082d7a92d92026-03-18 · +1dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Kaplan North America, LLC
norm: kaplan north america
Domain: kaplan.com
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 30, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 17, 2026
Affected individuals: 39,331state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured its network
Commenced an investigation with assistance from external IT security specialists
Alerted law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further enhance the security of the Kaplan IT network
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Experian
Established a toll-free call center to answer questions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
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 · 11 filings · 11 states

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Indiana State AGMar 17 · first

California State AGMar 17 · first

Maine State AGMar 17 · first

South Carolina State AGMar 17 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 17 · first

Washington State AGMar 17 · first

Delaware State AGMar 17 · first

Vermont State AGMar 17 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 17 · first

Iowa State AGMar 17 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

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 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://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/3172026_Kaplan_North_America_LLC_76A828194BB7B.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 17, 2026
Raw hash: 5b7f1b095684d6614999758e546fa1bfaf81670e1bfd6577be635768c25d3f6d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityKaplan North America, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured its network

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov