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Strategic Education Breach: 176K SSNs from Feb Intrusion

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Strategic Education Inc., parent of Strayer and Capella universities, disclosed a February 23–25, 2026 server intrusion affecting at least 176,043 individuals with names, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and passport numbers.

What to do

  1. Enroll in Kroll monitoring if your letter includes a code.
  2. Freeze credit at all three bureaus—SSN exposure enables years of fraud.
  3. Ignore “student portal verification” SMS citing real enrollment dates.

Canonical record: Strategic Education 2026 on BreachHistory.

Sources: Claim Depot, California AG