Summit College 2025 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
Summit College Vocational Education Provider Breach (2025): 93K Student Records Including SSN Exposed via KAIROS Ransomware
Career-focused college and vocational education provider.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
62/100Breach Risk Index
22Data Value
40Market Recency
185dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Summit College · Actor: KAIROS · Sources: 2 references
Attack: Ransomware / Extortion
Profile: Organization · Career-focused education programs · Vocational training provider · USA
Timeline: Breach (2025-08-28) · Year (2025)
Exposure: 93K records · 4 fields: Email Address, Full Name, Phone Number, Social Security Number
Status: Confirmed
Executive Summary
In late 2025 (incident dated around August 28, 2025), Summit College suffered a ransomware attack attributed to the KAIROS group. Forensic analysis of the roughly 370 GB dataset confirmed exfiltration affecting a cross-section of students, faculty, and administrative staff, including about 51,700 unique email addresses, 34,600 unique Social Security numbers, and 92,600 unique phone numbers, along with names. The breach is catalogued by DataBreach.com; the ~92,552 figure reflects that parse (the SSN subset is ~34,600). Affected individuals were advised to place fraud alerts and watch for college-themed phishing.
ObscureIQ assessment: Exposure enables phishing, identity theft, and financial aid fraud. Student populations are especially vulnerable to education-themed scams.
Breach Impact
The exposure of Social Security numbers and direct contact details for tens of thousands of students and staff creates significant identity-theft and smishing risk. Students are especially vulnerable because many do not monitor their credit during enrollment, so fraudulent accounts can be opened in their names without triggering familiar alerts, and education-themed scams gain credibility from the leaked context.
About Summit College
Summit College is a career-focused, private vocational college in the United States offering hands-on training programs (such as healthcare, skilled-trades, and technical certifications) to students, faculty, and staff. It maintains student identity, enrollment, financial-aid, and academic-progress records along with employee/administrative data.
Why They Hold Your Data
Vocational and career training institutions collect student identity data, contact details, enrollment records, financial aid data, and academic progress information.
Recent Developments
In late 2025 Summit College was hit by a ransomware attack attributed to the KAIROS group, which exfiltrated roughly 370 GB of data affecting students, faculty, and administrative staff. Forensic review finalized the scope (about 51,700 emails, 34,600 Social Security numbers, and 92,600 phone numbers), and affected individuals were urged to place fraud alerts.
Data Points Exposed
4 verified field types
Email Address
Full Name High
Phone Number
Social Security Number Critical
Field names are shown in full for clarity and search visibility. Canonical machine keys are emitted only in this page’s structured data.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
Threat Activity:High
Primary downstream threats:
- Identity theft and synthetic identity construction using SSN (about 34,600 of the affected)
- Financial-aid and student-loan fraud using student identity data
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing and smishing referencing college matters
- Account takeover from credential/contact exposure
Threat vectors:
- Full identity theft & synthetic identity fraud
- Student financial-aid & loan fraud
- Name-based social engineering
- SIM swapping, vishing & SMS phishing
- Phishing, credential stuffing & account takeover
Threat Actor: KAIROS
KAIROS
Ransomware / Extortion
Attribution and method are based on available breach intelligence. Reported attack vector: Ransomware / Extortion.
Recommended Actions
If you believe your information may be included:
Protect Your ID Documents
Government-ID exposure enables document fraud — monitor and report misuse.
Enable MFA Everywhere
Turn on multi-factor authentication on email first, then financial accounts.
Report & Recover
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the Summit College breach?▾
In late 2025 (incident dated around August 28, 2025), Summit College suffered a ransomware attack attributed to the KAIROS group. Forensic analysis of the roughly 370 GB dataset confirmed exfiltration affecting a cross-section of students, faculty, and administrative staff, including about 51,700…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Email Address, Full Name, Phone Number, Social Security Number.
What should I do if I was affected?▾
Change reused passwords, enable MFA, and (if identity or financial data is involved) freeze your credit and monitor your accounts.
Sources & References
Every claim on this page is traceable. This breach draws on:
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ObscureIQ Intelligence
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