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Strategic Education data breach

USUnited States · VA · Strategic Education Inc.

Strategic Education (VA, United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice, the Vermont Attorney General, the Texas Attorney General, the Iowa Attorney General, the Indiana Attorney General, the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 29 May 2026. It affected 1,513,518 people. Exposed: Social Security numbers, Driver’s license numbers, Government ID numbers and Names. The breach began on 23 February 2026, 95 days before it was reported.

Status

Confirmed breach

People affected

1,513,518 people

Reported

29 May 2026

Breach began

23 February 2026

Time to tell

95 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

• Social Security numbers
• Driver’s license numbers
• Government ID numbers
• Names

What changed since it was first reported

1. 29 October 2026 Confirmed breach, 1,513,518 people (Indiana Attorney General)

What the letter says

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Sources

• Official notice · 29 May 2026 · 1,513,518 peopleIndiana Attorney GeneralYear-to-date report (DB-October-Year-to-Date-Report-2026.pdf)
• Official notice · 1 June 2026 · 1,513,518 Oregon residentsOregon Department of Justice
• Official notice · 1 June 2026 · 1,065 Vermont residentsVermont Attorney General
• Official notice · 1 June 2026Iowa Attorney GeneralStrategic Education Inc. (Education): breach notice to the Iowa Attorney General
• Official notice · 1 June 2026California Attorney General
• Official notice · 1 June 2026 · 14,112 Washington residentsWashington Attorney General
• Official notice · 2 June 2026 · 100,845 Texas residentsTexas Attorney General

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, Vermont, Texas, Iowa, Indiana, California, Washington. · Corrections and changes

If Strategic Education had your data

1. Look for Strategic Education Inc.’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
2. An ID number cannot be changed, so lock it: a credit freeze or fraud alert in the US, a credit warning (kreditadvarsel) on borger.dk in Denmark, Cifas protective registration in the UK.
3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Strategic Education Inc., your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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