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Nelnet Servicing LLC

Nelnet Servicing LLC notified California AG on Aug 26, 2022 of a data breach, which occurred on Jul 22, 2022. Data exposed: Social Security number, Financial / bank account, Email address, Phone number, Postal address, Name.

All 3 filings by Nelnet Servicing LLC, state by state · Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization
Nelnet Servicing LLC
Source
California AG · source record
Date reported
Aug 26, 2022
Date(s) of breach
Wednesday, June 1, 2022Friday, July 22, 2022
Residents affected
Not published by this source
Data exposed
Social Security number Financial / bank account Email address Phone number Postal address Name
Notice letter
Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered
Jul 21, 2022, as stated in the letter
"On July 21, 2022, Nelnet Servicing, LLC (Nelnet), our servicing system and customer website portal provider, notified us that they had discovered a vulnerability that we believe led to this incident."
Days to notice
36 days from discovery (Jul 21, 2022) to the California record (Aug 26, 2022). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82). Over the statutory period
Offered in the letter
24 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
Third party
The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally
2026-10-30 16:01 UTC

Dates and counts as filed by the organization with the agency. The breach window and the report date often differ by months.

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Other filings by Nelnet Servicing LLC

OrganizationSourceStateReportedResidents affectedData exposed
Nelnet Servicing, LLC Oregon DOJ OR Aug 26, 2022 2,501,324 Not stated
Nelnet Servicing, LLC Delaware DOJ DE Aug 26, 2022 8,425 Social Security numberFinancial / bank accountEmail addressPhone number+2

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