HackingEducationEducationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cowley College

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2026

Filed

May 26, 2026

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Cowley College →

Cowley County Community College notified Idaho AG of a data security incident discovered March 28, 2026. Unauthorized access to systems resulted in exposure of PII including SSNs, driver's licenses, and passport numbers for 18 Idaho residents. Forensic investigation confirmed unauthorized access. Affected individuals offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Mar 28, 2026

Discovered

May 26, 2026

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1a209a17e1b55aee2026-05-22 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9af8d1e3baabef122026-05-22 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_ab39acc0f813c17a2026-05-22 · +4dVerified
Texas State AGbd_733090f2f1eb085f2026-06-10 · +15dVerified

Name: Cowley College
norm: cowley college
Domain: cowley.edu

Name: Cowley College
norm: cowley college
Domain: cowley.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 22, 2026
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Idaho Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Retained a forensic investigation firm
Took systems offline
Undertook efforts to restore servers
Offered complimentary credit monitoring through Iris Identity Monitoring
Began mailing notification letters
Changes made: Working with leading security experts to strengthen security of systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 22 · first

Vermont State AGMay 22 · first

Idaho State AG+4d · this page

Texas State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing May 22 (IN), last Jun 10 (TX) — a 19-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.

Source URL: https://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2026/05/2026.05.22-Cowley-County-Community-College.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2026
Raw hash: eda31f67f7fd9edd18cd0e6ba853066645cfe299508fa01e880d7672f78b5c42

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCowley College

Victim entityCowley College

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2026

Stated responseRetained a forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov