HackingEducationEducationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EducationLowContained

Lincoln Technical Institute

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 29, 2026

Filed

Jul 9, 2026

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

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Lincoln Technical Institute notified students of a cybersecurity incident involving its third-party vendor, Instructure Holdings, Inc., provider of the Canvas learning management system. Unauthorized activity was detected by Instructure on April 29, 2026, with additional activity identified on May 7, 2026. The incident has been contained. Affected data may include names, email addresses, student ID numbers, course names, enrollment information, and direct messages. No passwords, financial data, or government identifiers were involved. Lincoln Tech launched its own investigation and is monitoring the situation.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 29, 2026 → Notified Jul 1, 202663d ✗ CA 30-day late10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Apr 29, 2026

Begins

Apr 29, 2026

Discovered

Jul 9, 2026

Filed

Part of Instructure, Inc. supply-chain incident (2026) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Lincoln Technical Institute
norm: lincoln technical institute

Name: Lincoln Technical Institute
norm: lincoln technical institute
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2026 – May 7, 2026
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 1, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Education
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: External
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched an investigation of our own
Information security team is actively monitoring Instructure’s Security Incident updates
Assessing any further impact to our systems and data
In communication with Instructure and with outside counsel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 30-day late · 63dCA AG copy ≤15d · 8d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Apr 29, 2026
→ Notified: Jul 1, 2026
63d 30 calendar days CA 30-day late
California
Consumers notified: Jul 1, 2026
→ AG copy submitted: Jul 9, 2026
8d 15 calendar days CA AG copy ≤15d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 29, 2026 → Notified: Jul 1, 2026	63d	30 calendar days	CA 30-day late
California	Consumers notified: Jul 1, 2026 → AG copy submitted: Jul 9, 2026	8d	15 calendar days	CA AG copy ≤15d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-626225
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 9, 2026
Raw hash: 16bbebbbef5d9e2c97f9f6fad95ad9982d24dbac535457c69e8db9f7fcf8c5ea

Reporting entityLincoln Technical Institute

Victim entityLincoln Technical Institute

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2026

Stated responseLaunched an investigation of our own

ComplianceCA 30-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov