NCCER notifies individuals of data breach affecting personal information
The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) sent out notifications to individuals, including Louisiana residents, on May 21, 2026, regarding a cybercrime incident. The breach, detected in March 2025, involved unauthorized acquisition of personal information, which may include Social Security numbers, driver's license/state ID numbers, and username/password information.
Signal context
First seen: May 21, 2026
Last updated: Jun 25, 2026
Status: Public signal
Key points
- Cybercrime incident led to unauthorized acquisition of personal information.
- Notifications sent to affected individuals on May 21, 2026.
- Information potentially exposed includes Social Security numbers, driver's license/state ID, and username/password.
Signal analysis
BetaThis analysis groups the signal by industry, likely incident action and impacted security area. It helps compare this signal with other published signals without treating the labels as final determinations.
Sector: Educational Services
Likely country: Location not provided
Watch internet-facing systems, credential abuse and exploit activity.
- Source type: outside the affected organization
Impact area: Confidentiality
Likely asset: User or customer data
- 3 signals in the same sector
- 90 signals with the same likely impact area
- 1 signal linked to this organization/domain
External sources
NCCER Data Breach Lawsuit (May 2026) - Dapeer Lawhttps://dapeerlaw.com/nccer-data-breach-lawsuit-may-2026/Public source from dapeerlaw.com.
NCCER Data Breach: Personal Information of 15k Individuals Exposed - Claim Depothttps://www.claimdepot.com/investigations/nccer-data-breach-2026Public source from claimdepot.com.
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