2026 Monmouth University — ransomware-group intrusion confirmed; student and staff records; 1,105 Texans and 346 Vermonters notified
Data compromised
Name, address, Social Security number, driver's license and government ID numbers, per the Texas filing and a law-firm summary. The total is not disclosed.
Technical writeup
First public in March 2026 (campus alert March 13); the October postings are regulator filings. The Massachusetts PDF could not be opened. The date used is the access window start in the law-firm summary.
Root cause
Monmouth University confirmed unauthorised access to its systems in February 2026 and alerted the campus in March. A ransomware group has claimed the attack, but the university's confirmation does not depend on that claim. Regulator filings in October 2026 cover the same incident.