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Columbia University

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 8, 2025

Filed

May 20, 2026

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,067,242161,544 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Columbia University7 incidents on file

Columbia University based in New York, New York, a educational institution entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2025-07-08 and reported on 2026-05-20. 161,544 Texas residents were affected. 3,067,242 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Address;Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number;Government-issued ID number (e.g. passport, state ID card);Financial Information (e.g. account number, credit or debit card number);Health Insurance Information;Other;Date of Birth. Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Texas clock TX AG >30d45 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 · 53 days
discovery → filing · ≤ 45 weeks / 316 days

May 16, 2025

Begins

Jul 8, 2025

Discovered

May 20, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Texas State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 7 (NH), last May 20 (TX) — a 13-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.