Class-action settlement · Open
65 days left to file — December 21, 2026
Educational Computer Systems security incident settlement
Educational Computer Systems, Inc. has settled claims arising from a criminal cyberattack on its website between October 29, 2023 and February 12, 2024. If your personal information was caught up in that incident, you may be eligible for an alternative cash payment the settlement site estimates at about $100, adjusted pro rata, or reimbursement of up to $5,000 for documented unreimbursed losses. Claims close December 21, 2026, and the court is scheduled to consider final approval on January 11, 2027. Filing on the official settlement site is free.
When the money moves
What the official materials say about the payment schedule for this settlement, and what the administrator has published since. Every figure below is linked to the page it was read from.
- Status
- Payments have not started
Expected
No payment date is published. The court is scheduled to consider final approval on January 11, 2027.
Read off the official notice, in its own words. These dates slip — an appeal can move a distribution by a year or more — so treat it as the administrator's plan rather than a schedule.
Source: the official notice ↗
Facts from the official materials
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Class-action settlement
- Category
- Data breach
- Defendant / company
- Educational Computer Systems, Inc.
- Administrator
- ECSI Security Incident Settlement Administrator (Angeion Group)
- Claim deadline
- December 21, 2026
- Eligibility period
- October 29, 2023 – February 12, 2024
- States
- See official notice (often nationwide)
- Proof
- See the official notice for proof rules
- Possible amount
- Up to about $100 (not guaranteed)
- Source confidence
- high
- Last verified
- October 2, 2026
Covered services
- ECSI
Hood, et al. v. Educational Computer Systems, Inc. · 2:24-cv-00666-CCW · U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Either an alternative cash payment the settlement site puts at roughly $100, adjusted pro rata, or reimbursement of up to $5,000 for documented unreimbursed losses more likely than not caused by the incident. Pro rata adjustment can move the figure either way, so treat $100 as an estimate. The site builds its claim form in the browser, so we could not read whether the online form asks for a class member ID from the mailed notice; a printable claim form is published on the administrator's own host for mailing instead.
Important dates
- Claim deadline
- December 21, 2026
- Opt-out deadline
- November 20, 2026
- Fairness hearing
- January 11, 2027
Why this case happened
The case concerns a criminal cyberattack carried out on the ECSI website between October 29, 2023 and February 12, 2024. The settlement covers people whose personal identifying information was impacted. ECSI has not admitted the claims and the court has not decided them.
Eligibility questions
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