Quebec teachers
April 1, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Three Montrealers have been arrested in connection with a 2018 data breach that exposed the information of 360,000 current and former teachers in Quebec.
Bemus Point School District
May 11, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Bemus Point School District Superintendent reveals that some students in the district might have been compromised amid the breach of Maia Learning by a competitor.
Fredericksburg School System
May 2, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
A Fredericksburg school system employee falls for phishing attack.
Questar
April 18, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Annual tests in several states are delayed by what appears to be a suspected hack to Questar, a K12 assessment solutions provider.
Victoria Independent School District
April 10, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Victoria independent School District notifies employees that some email accounts were inappropriately accessed between July and October 2017. Some of the emails in those accounts contained employees' personal information.
Nampa School District
March 15, 2018
•[ leak, education ]
The Nampa School District informed its employees of a potential security issue involving personally identifiable information of about 3,983 of its current and past employees.
Mississippi Valley State University
March 10, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Mississippi Valley State University's campus was temporary without internet service this week after university officials said the school was hit by a SamSam ransomware attack.
Wallace Community College Selma
February 24, 2018
•[ leak, phishing, education ]
Personal and financial information of current and former employees of Wallace Community College Selma is leaked through a phishing scam.
Teesside University
February 24, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Students at Teesside University are warned about a possible email security breach and urged to reset their university password.
University of Alaska
February 22, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Dozens of current and former employees and students of the University of Alaska are unable to access their Alaska.edu accounts. According to the investigation, user passwords have been changed by a third party.
Pinelands Regional School District
March 7, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The Pinelands Regional School District is hit by the Emotet malware.
Rockdale Independent School District
March 1, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
An email phishing scheme causes several Rockdale ISD employees' taxes to be falsely filed and compromises confidential tax information for all employees.
Scottsboro City Board of Education
March 1, 2018
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Payroll Department of the Scottsboro City Board of Education falls victim of a phishing scam. The attackers requested W-2 information from all employees.
Florida Virtual Learning School (FVLS)
March 9, 2018
•[ leak, education ]
Florida Virtual Learning School notifies 368,000 current and former students, after an individual with the moniker $2a$45 uploads information of 35,000 students on a forum. Leon County Schools is among the affected organizations.
Italian Ministry of Education
March 8, 2018
•[ leak, hack, education ]
The Italian branch of the Anonymous collective leaks from the Italian Ministry of Education, 26,000 emails of teachers belonging to all level of schools. They also leak 200 administrative staff addresses.
University of Northern Colorado
February 5, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
The private information of 12 University of Northern Colorado employees is compromised after an "unknown person or group" accessed their profiles on Ursa, UNC's online portal.
Chester County School District
January 29, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Chester County School District posts on its Facebook page that ransomware hit the district's servers over the weekend.
Purchase Line School District
February 1, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
The Purchase Line School District is the victim of a email spoofing attack by an individual pretending to be a school district employee.
Spartanburg Public Library
January 30, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Spartanburg Public Library system is shut down after it is hit with a ransomware attack.
Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities
January 19, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities notifies 5,228 Residents of a malware attack that occurred on November 21, 2017.
