University of Salerno
June 30, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The University of Salerno is hit with a Rhysida ransomware attack.
Hawaii Community College
June 20, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Hawaii Community College discloses to be dealing with a ransomware attack.
Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE)
June 19, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses a massive data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after suffering a ransomware attack in June.
National Student Clearinghouse
June 15, 2023
•[ ransomware, sqlinjection, education ]
Educational non-profit National Student Clearinghouse, is listed in the Clop ransomware gang leak site after the attackers exploited the MOVEit CVE-2023-34362 vulnerability.
OSG Hengelo
June 13, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The school community OSG Hengelo is hit with a ransomware attack.
Paris High School
June 13, 2023
•[ ransomware, leak, malware ]
The Rhysida ransomware gang adds the Paris High School in Illinois to their leak site as an "auction" item.
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education
June 12, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education suffers a cyber attack.
Lumberton ISD
June 12, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Lumberton Independent School District is hit with a Rhysida ransomware attack.
Drake University
June 10, 2023
•[ leak, sqlinjection, education ]
The Drake University confirms to have suffered a data breach occurred exploiting the MOVEit CVE-2023-34362 vulnerability.
Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
June 9, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), is listed in the Clop ransomware gang leak site after the attackers exploited the MOVEit CVE-2023-34362 vulnerability.
University of Manchester
June 9, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The University of Manchester warns staff and students that they suffered a cyberattack (rumored as ransomware) where threat actors likely stole data from the University's network.
Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences (HS Kaiserslautern)
June 9, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences (HS Kaiserslautern) is the latest German-speaking university to be hit by a ransomware attack
Universitad Aix-Marseille
June 7, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
The Universitad Aix-Marseille (Aix-Marseille University), one of the oldest in France, announces that it had been hit by a cyberattack, sending staff home as they could not access the university network.
University of Rochester
June 2, 2023
•[ hack, sqlinjection, education ]
The University of Rochester confirms a data theft as a result of the exploitation of the CVE-2023-34362 vulnerability affecting popular file transfer tool MOVEit.
University System of Georgia (USG)
June 1, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer software, tracked as CVE-2023-34362, to steal data from organizations. Few days later the Clop ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attacks and starts extorting companies impacted by the data theft attacks,
Middlesex County Public Schools
June 1, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The superintendent for Middlesex County Public Schools confirms that the school division was the subject of a recent ransomware attack.
Greece's online examination platform
May 30, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
End-of-year high school exams in Greece are disrupted by "one of the most extensive cyberattacks in the country's history," according to the country's Education Ministry.
University of Waterloo
May 30, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Canada's University of Waterloo confirms to be dealing with a ransomware attack on its email system.
Skolkovo Foundation
May 29, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Hacktivists from Ukraine breach the systems of Skolkovo Foundation, the agency which oversees the high-tech business area located on the outskirts of Moscow. According to Skolkovo's statement, the hackers managed to gain limited access to certain information systems of the organization, including its file hosting service on physical servers.
Suffolk University
May 24, 2023
•[ leak, education ]
Suffolk University files a notice of data breach after learning that a recent cybersecurity event resulted in confidential student information being accessed or obtained by an unauthorized party.
