College Reaches $750,000 Settlement Following Data Breach Affecting 96,000 Members of the Dartmouth Community

Dartmouth College Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $750,000 Affecting 96,000 People

Dartmouth College reached a $750,000 class action settlement over a 2025 Oracle E-Business Suite data breach by the Clop ransomware group that exposed personal data of approximately 96,911 individuals. Eligible class members can claim up to $5,000 with documentation, about $75 without, plus two years of credit monitoring, with claims due by Oct. 21, 2026.

College reaches $750,000 settlement following data breach affecting 96,000 members of the Dartmouth community

A Sept. 21 motion for final approval filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas ordered Dartmouth to pay $750,000 in a class action lawsuit filed against the College over an August 2025 nationwide data breach of Oracle E-Business Suite, which Dartmouth uses to manage accounting, expense reporting, payroll, human resources management, inventory catalog, paying vendors and procurement cards. The plaintiffs alleged …