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Educational Testing Service (ETS) data breach

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Fox News reported a data breach at Educational Testing Service (ETS) on 29 October 2026. It affected 5,700,000 students.

People affected
5,700,000students
Reported
29 October 2026News report
Who is affected
United States

What was exposed 5

  • Dates of birth
  • Names
  • Addresses
  • Disability information
  • School information

How it happened

How
Stolen password or login Investigators determined that the attacker used a compromised login credential to enter the system source
Way in
ETS-operated secure file transfer site someone gained unauthorized access to an ETS-operated secure file transfer site source

Sources 1

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Organisations breached through Educational Testing Service (ETS)

1 breach at Educational Testing Service (ETS)’s customers or partners, each named in a source. The Educational Testing Service breach (2026) →

  1. CDEUSUnited States · 16 October 2026 –not reported

    Educational Testing Service (ETS), at the direction of the California Department of Education (CDE), is notifying California students and families about a data security incident involving unauthorized access to and copying of student data from an ETS secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) site notice letter

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