Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
October 16, 2015
•[ espionage, education ]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution declares to have suffered a "sophisticated, targeted attack" that allegedly originated from China. The breach turns out to have started back in February 2013.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
October 14, 2015
•[ hack, leak, education ]
HTGzSecurity hacks ricsasia.org (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and dumps 3,410 records.
Rutgers University
September 30, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A hacker known under the moniker Exfocus takes down the IT infrastrucutre of Rutgers University.
Penrith High School
September 11, 2015
•[ insider, misconfiguration, education ]
A small group of students from Penrith High School have allegedly used a teacher's login credentials to access a Department of Education computer system that contains students' assessment marks.
Wayne County Board of Education
September 3, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Hackers claiming to be part of Islamic State deface the Wayne County Board of Education website (boe.wayn.k12.wv.us).
Dhaka University
September 11, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The Dhaka University website is defaced by hacker called Cyber-71.
University of Rhode Island
August 20, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Rhode Island (URI.edu) notifies former and current students of of an incident involving the inappropriate collection, and possible use, of information related to some URI email accounts by an external individual.
Clayton Valley Charter High School
August 17, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker purportedly associated with the Anonymous collective claims to have hacked the Clayton Valley Charter High School and sends several internal documents via email.
University of Connecticut
July 31, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Connecticut reveals the details of a cyber intrusion through which hackers, apparently originating in China, gained access to servers at Uconn's School of Engineering.
Western Governor's University
August 23, 2015
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
JM511 dumps some data from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) after allegedly warning the university twice. The attacker also warns other universities of possible vulnerabilities including: Western Governor's University in Utah, the University of Minnesota, DePaul University, and Northern Illinois University.
University of Virginia
August 14, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Virginia announces to have been hit by a cyber attack allegedly originating from China.
Michigan Football Facebook page
August 12, 2015
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Michigan's most popular Facebook pages: Michigan Football, Michigan Basketball, and Michigan Athletics are hacked by an unknown user that posts malicious messages.
Bodmin College
August 4, 2015
•[ hack, insider, education ]
A disgruntled former student is thought to be responsible for hacking Bodmin College's website and defacing it with a series of obscenities.
Karnataka State Higher Education Council
August 22, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The website of the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (kshec.ac.in) is defaced by a group that calls itself Clinkz48.
University of Queensland
July 25, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A Group of Hacktivists calling themselves @NightmareSquad hacks the University of Queensland and dumps 9 individuals' e-mail addresses and clear-text passwords.
Accademia della Crusca
June 23, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A pro-ISIS hacker hacker dubbed Phenomene Dz defaces the website of The Accademia della Crusca (www.accademiadellacrusca.it), the most important research institution studying the Italian language.
Commack School District
May 26, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Commack School District's computer system is hacked by 3 students.
Bahraini Human Rights Watch Society
June 13, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A Bahraini human rights group claims its website (bhrws.org) and Twitter account (@bhrws2004) have been hacked by anti-government protesters.
Minnesota Department of Education
May 13, 2015
•[ hack, education, government ]
Minnesota student testing is suspended again after what is believed to be a sophisticated hacking attempt.
English Language Academy of the Univerity of Auckland
May 18, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker group calling itself the Middle East Cyber Army defaces the website of the English Language Academy of the Univerity of Auckland (ela.auckland.ac.nz).
