TehetségKapu
March 26, 2025
•[ leak, education ]
In March 2025, almost 55k records were breached from the Hungarian education office website TehetsgKapu. The data was subsequently published to a popular hacking forum and included email addresses, names and usernames.
Scholastic
January 8, 2025
•[ hack, education ]
In January 2025, a data breach of the publishing company Scholastic surfaced. The breach contained 4.2M unique email addresses with many of the records also including name, phone number and physical address.
Kenton County School District
December 20, 2024
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Personal data from current and former students in Kenton County School District are compromised in a phishing scheme.
Boone County School District
December 19, 2024
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Personal data from current and former students in Boone County School District are compromised in a phishing scheme.
Undisclosed Malaysian educational institution
December 19, 2024
•[ financial, malware, education ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a Python-Based NodeStealer version targeting Facebook Ads Manager.
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
December 9, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
The Peruvian University of Applied Sciences investigates a data breach, stating that hackers stole student data including names, emails and copies of university IDs.
Rutherford County Schools
November 25, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
Rutherford County Schools confirm to be dealing with a network and systems disruption since November 25.
Grand Forks Public Schools
November 21, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, education ]
Grand Forks Public Schools loses $2.2M to a phishing scam
Human rights groups, private security companies, and state and educational institutions in Central Asia, East Asia, and Europe
November 21, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
Researchers at Recorded Future identify an ongoing Russia-linked cyber-espionage campaign targeting human rights groups, private security companies, and state and educational institutions in Central Asia, East Asia, and Europe using custom malware.
PoinCampus
November 14, 2024
•[ leak, education ]
In November 2024, the South Korean education platform PoinCampus suffered a data breach which was later published to a popular hacking forum. The data included 89k unique email addresses, names and a small number of phone numbers and dates of birth. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "Threat Actor 888".
South East Technological University
November 4, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
The South East Technological University (SETU) in Ireland announces experiencing a cybersecurity incident targeting its IT systems.
Lampard Community School
November 1, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Lampard Community School is hit by a cyber-attack and is being "blackmailed" by threat actors.
Saint Xavier University
October 30, 2024
•[ leak, education ]
Saint Xavier University starts notifying over 210,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised in a data breach in July 2023.
North Caucasus Federal University
October 11, 2024
•[ hack, espionage, education ]
Ukraines military intelligence announced that they hacked the systems of North Caucasus Federal University, the Russian university that trains drone operators, digital communication specialists, engineers, and physicists for its army.
Calgary Public Library
October 11, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
Calgary Public Library is forced to provide limited access to services following a cyberattack.
Vermilion Parish Schools
October 7, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
The Vermilion Parish Schools is hit with a cyber attack.
Richmond Community Schools
September 28, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Richmond Community Schools in Indiana posts to social media that student and staff information in the PowerSchool software system was breached in a ransomware attack.
Fylde Coast Academy Trust
September 20, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Fylde Coast Academy Trust is hit with a ransomware attack.
Providence Public School District
September 12, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Providence Public School District (PPSD) faces internet outages after discovering irregular activity." The Medusa ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.
Granite School District
September 11, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Granite School District discloses that a cyber attack affected all the students' records. The Rhysida ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.
