Sphero
September 9, 2023
•[ leak, education ]
In September 2023, over 1M rows of data from the educational robots company Sphero was posted to a popular hacking forum. The data contained 832k unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, dates of birth and geographic locations.
GameSalad
February 24, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
In February 2019, the education and game creation website Game Salad suffered a data breach. The incident impacted 1.5M accounts and exposed email addresses, usernames, IP addresses and passwords stored as SHA-256 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by a source who requested it be attributed to "JimScott.Sec@protonmail.com".
ProctorU
June 26, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
In June 2020, the online exam service ProctorU suffered a data breach which was subsequently shared extensively across online hacking communities. The breach contained 444k user records including names, email and physical addresses, phones numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
Tibet Post and Gyudmed Tantric University
May 31, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, education ]
Researchers at Recorded Future reveal that the Chinese state-sponsored threat group TAG-112 compromised two Tibetan websites, Tibet Post and Gyudmed Tantric University, to deliver the Cobalt Strike malware
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.
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.
Rutherford County Schools
November 25, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
Rutherford County Schools confirm to be dealing with a network and systems disruption since November 25.
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.
Grand Forks Public Schools
November 21, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, education ]
Grand Forks Public Schools loses $2.2M to a phishing scam
Undisclosed Malaysian educational institution
December 19, 2024
•[ financial, malware, education ]
Researchers from Trend Micro discover a Python-Based NodeStealer version targeting Facebook Ads Manager.
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.
Framingham Heart Study, managed by Boston University
September 8, 2024
•[ leak, education ]
Boston Universitys renowned Framingham Heart Study (FHS) is breached by threat actors, who gained access to the data of participantsboth living and deceasedof the countrys longest running, multigenerational heart study.
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.
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.
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.
Barry University
January 1, 2014
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Barry University notifies patients of its Foot and Ankle Institute that their medical records and personal information may have been hacked by a malware found in May.
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.
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.
