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States Fine Firm $5.1M in Hack Affecting 3 Million Students

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AGs Cite Security Failures Leading to Illuminate Education's Late 2021 Data Theft Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 10, 2025

Technology firm Illuminate Education is paying $5.1 million to settle enforcement actions by three states in the aftermath of a late 2021 hacking incident that compromised the data of more than 3 million students. (Image: Illuminate)

A California-based vendor of software used to collect and analyze student data, including records of children with disabilities and special educational needs, has been fined a total of $5.1 million by the attorneys general in three states in the wake of a 2021 hack that affected 3 million people.

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Under the separate settlements with each of the states, Illuminate Education has agreed to pay $3.25 million in civil penalties to California, where 3 million students were affected; $1.7 million ...


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