2025 Lansing Community College — network breach affected 174,307 people
Data compromised
Names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license details, Social Security numbers (varies by individual)
Technical writeup
Lansing Community College reported a data security incident occurring February 12, 2025, discovered February 18, with consumer notification June 5, 2026. Maine Attorney General filings list 174,307 affected individuals. The college stated hackers accessed files that may have included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license information, and Social Security numbers, with variation by person; LCC offered 24 months of credit monitoring and reported no evidence of data misuse at notification time.
Root cause
External system breach (hacking); unauthorized access to files on college systems