HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Kaplan North America, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2025

Filed

Mar 17, 2026

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kaplan North America, LLC →

Kaplan North America, LLC notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized actors accessed servers between Oct 30 and Nov 18, 2025. Compromised data included names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. Kaplan engaged external IT specialists, alerted law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring via Experian.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Oct 30, 2025

Begins

Nov 18, 2025

Discovered

Feb 21, 2026

Scope determined

Mar 17, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 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
Washington State AGbd_7eccbae29faca6902026-03-17Verified
Delaware State AGbd_9cd5c500ae4a65632026-03-17Verified
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 18, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 30, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Feb 21, 2026
Notification sent: Mar 17, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured our network
Commenced an investigation with assistance from external IT security specialists
Alerted law enforcement
Offering complimentary [Extra1]-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks SM
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further enhance the security of our IT network
Taken steps to help prevent the dissemination of the files involved in this incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(119 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

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

Washington State AGMar 17 · first

Delaware State AGMar 17 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 17 · first

Vermont 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-03-17-kaplan-north-america-data-breach-notice-consumers
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: 832e6c638da9f4475614535901ffdb5ff081a314a08116532179d4dd89747be1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKaplan North America, LLC

Victim entityKaplan North America, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2025

Stated responseSecured our network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov