Frontline Education hack exposes data on more than 3.08 million people
Unauthorised access exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software occurred at Frontline Education on 14–15 August, resulting in the theft of information on students and staff in US school districts. Affected data from Frontline Central and school health management services included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, government-issued identification numbers, Medicaid and student identification numbers, and school health and billing records. Individual notifications have begun, and at least six class action lawsuits are under way. A filing in Indiana confirmed that 3,085,266 people were affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Frontline Education
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-08-14
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 3,085,266 students and staff members
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the service environment exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameDate of birthHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- Unauthorised access through a vulnerability in third-party software began and continued into the following day.
- It became known that the Frontline Education breach had exposed information on school district staff.
- It became known that notifications to affected individuals had begun and at least six class action lawsuits were under way.
- The number of people affected by the personal data breach was reported to exceed 1.3 million.
- A filing in Indiana confirmed that 3,085,266 people were affected.
Also affected by this incident
Frontline Breach May Have Exposed Klein School District Employee Data
↳ Knock-on damage from the Frontline Education incident · View original incidentImpact: Possible exposure of district employee information
A data breach at Frontline Education may have exposed information on employees of the Klein Independent School District. The total number of people potentially exposed, including district employees, is 38,000, but the scale of the impact on the district has not been confirmed.
Read on Houston Chronicle ↗Greenville County Schools student data leaks from third-party software
↳ Knock-on damage from the Frontline Education incident · View original incidentImpact: Names, student ID numbers, dates of birth, Medicaid billing numbers and other data of current students and graduates
Third-party software from Frontline Education, which Greenville County Schools uses for school health records and Medicaid billing, was breached. Current students' and graduates' names, student ID numbers, dates of birth, Medicaid billing numbers and other data were exposed. Affected students are being offered 24 months of identity protection services.
Read on Greenville.com ↗
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