HackingEducationEducationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Northwest Iowa Community College

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 26, 2025

Filed

Jul 8, 2026

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

16,004state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northwest Iowa Community College →2 incidents on file

Northwest Iowa Community College (NICC) notified the Iowa AG of a data security event. Unauthorized access occurred Nov 24-26, 2025. NICC discovered the activity on Nov 26, 2025. The incident potentially affected 16,004 Iowa residents, with names and Social Security numbers accessed. NICC engaged forensic specialists, secured its network, and began mailing notices on July 8, 2026, offering credit monitoring services.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday32 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 224 days

Nov 24, 2025

Begins

Nov 26, 2025

Discovered

Jul 8, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed16,004 affectedView incident

Name: Cipriani & Werner
norm: cipriani werner
Domain: c-wlaw.com

Name: Northwest Iowa Community College
norm: northwest iowa community college
Domain: nwicc.edu
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Nov 26, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2026
Affected individuals: 16,004state-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: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to determine the nature and scope of the event
Took steps to secure its network
Conducted a forensic investigation
Reviewed and enhanced its data security policies and procedures
Performed a National Change of Address (NCOA) search
Began mailing written notice to potentially affected individuals
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Reviewed and enhanced its data security policies and procedures related to data security and cybersecurity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(224 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 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.

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/782026_Northwest_Iowa_Community_Col_788F65CAD3343.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 8, 2026
Raw hash: a14cb386601ed7609ed78c19f6222fda24c98f87e8d40ae4cb33a90a431fe5ec

Reporting entityCipriani & Werner

Victim entityNorthwest Iowa Community College

Incidentdiscovered Nov 26, 2025

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to determine the nature and scope of the event

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov