Fairfield County High School
October 10, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Attackers target students at a Fairfield County High School in a phishing scheme.
Sunapee New Hampshire School District
October 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Sunapee New Hampshire School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Boston University
October 10, 2019
•[ leak, education ]
Over 1,000 Boston University students are forced to change their account passwords after the servers are flooded with spam emails from student accounts. The spam is believed to be a result of a 2018 breach of the educational site Chegg.
Hassan Nafaa
October 3, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, education ]
The Egyptian government installed mobile apps on targets' phones to extract files, track their locations, and identify contacts. One of the targets is Hassan Nafaa, a political scientist at Cairo University.
Northshore School District
September 25, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Northshore School District in Washington is hit by a ransomware attack.
Guthrie Public Schools
September 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Guthrie Public Schools are hit by a ransomware attack.
Mobile County Public Schools
September 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Mobile County Public Schools are impacted by a ransomware attack.
Luzerne County
October 1, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A school district in Luzerne County confirms it was the victim of a ransomware attack that locked up their computers for weeks.
Wakulla County School District
September 10, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Wakulla County School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Meridian Community College
September 5, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Meridian Community College notifies a phishing incident occurred in January.
Flagstaff Unified School District
September 5, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Flagstaff Unified School District is closed by a ransomware attack.
Sherman School
September 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
State Police are investigating the discovery of ransomware on Sherman School computer servers on August 16.
Souderton Area School District
September 1, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Souderton Area School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Portland Public Schools
August 19, 2019
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Portland Public Schools district falls victim of a BEC scam costing around $2.9 million (but manages to recover the stolen amount).
University of Florida
August 10, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
VandaTheGod defaces multiple sites associated with the University of Florida.
Kent State University
September 17, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Kent State University announces over 3,000 student emails has been hacked the week before, as a result of credential harvesting.
Rockford Public Schools Dist. 205
September 6, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Rockford Public Schools is hit by a ransomware attack.
Monroe-Woodbury Central School District
September 3, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
New York's Monroe-Woodbury Central School District delays the first day of school due to a ransomware attack.
Wolcott Public Schools
August 28, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Wolcott Public Schools reveals that it has not fully recovered from a ransomware attack at the end of the last year.
New Kent Co. Public Schools
August 27, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
New Kent Co. Public Schools are hit by a ransomware attack ahead of new school year.
