MalwareEducationEducationRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Kaplan North America, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 13, 2025

Filed

Mar 17, 2026

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

18,885state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Kaplan North America, LLC →

Kaplan North America, LLC reported a ransomware incident affecting 18,885 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Oct 30 and Nov 18, 2025. Exfiltrated data included names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. Kaplan secured the network, engaged external specialists, notified law enforcement, and sent notification letters on March 17, 2026, offering credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 124 days

Oct 30, 2025

Begins

Nov 13, 2025

Discovered

Mar 17, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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
Iowa State AGbd_6cd40678378733bb2026-03-17Verified
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: Kaplan North America, LLC
norm: kaplan north america
Domain: kaplan.com

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

Discovered: Nov 13, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 30, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 17, 2026
Affected individuals: 18,885state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Secured its network
Commenced an investigation with assistance from external IT security specialists
Alerted law enforcement
Changes made: Continue to invest in the security of its computer systems
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.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(124 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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

Iowa State AGMar 17 · first

Delaware State AGMar 17 · first

Vermont State AGMar 17 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 17 · first

Washington 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA37204.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: 609b9e88379cee2d5cbccfbfccec20d95d6b45a476d49ad62bf188bb0fe4bc54

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKaplan North America, LLC

Victim entityKaplan North America, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2025

Stated responseSecured its network

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com