HackingEducationTechnologyEducationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

STRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

7,157state residents only

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for STRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC. →

Strategic Education Inc. notified the Iowa AG of unauthorized access to its network between Feb 23-25, 2026. An actor accessed servers and exfiltrated files containing names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and passport numbers for ~7,157 Iowa residents. Notification letters were mailed starting May 29, 2026, offering Kroll identity monitoring.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Feb 23, 2026

Begins

Jun 1, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_0b8fdcb25259cb4d2026-06-01Verified
Oregon State AGbd_28bb6ee0982b4f632026-06-01Candidate
California State AGbd_5d13c45fb525d6512026-06-01Verified
Vermont State AGbd_8aaceaf2f3381fb42026-06-01Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_a8a2a510a2084c902026-06-01Verified
Washington State AGbd_cb4c9619494a59ad2026-06-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d77c7602660c3ca52026-06-01Verified
Maine State AGbd_dcab2736031a38562026-06-01Verified
Texas State AGbd_9afb0dab02b16f5a2026-06-02 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_b8233d0d40ac3c3d2026-06-02 · +1dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: STRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC.
norm: strategic education
Industry: EducationllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 23, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 29, 2026
Affected individuals: 7,157state-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: Secured its network
Commenced an investigation
Provided the phone number of its toll-free call center
Providing notified individuals with an offer of identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance its existing security measures
Implemented additional measures to enhance the security of its IT network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Illinois State AGJun 1 · first

Oregon State AGJun 1 · first

California State AGJun 1 · first

Vermont State AGJun 1 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 1 · first

Washington State AGJun 1 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 1 · first

Maine State AGJun 1 · first

Iowa State AGJun 1 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+1d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — 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://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/612026_Strategic_Education_Inc_CB536EBD43089.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 1, 2026
Raw hash: 3f62761545522ac4e46b0c8021e6f94596c2df5663beee3df339d7e268ab4f21

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entitySTRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured its network

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov