University of New Orleans
March 24, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
The University of New Orleans restores its network after the Louisiana State Police said it found evidence that their systems had been compromised.
University of the People (UoPeople)
March 24, 2023
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The University of the People (UoPeople) files a notice of data breach after learning that an unauthorized party was able to access confidential information stored on the school's SharePoint platform.
iD Tech
March 23, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Attackers steal the personal data of about one million of users from kids' tech coding camp iD Tech.
Oklahoma City University (OCU)
March 20, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Oklahoma City University (OCU) files a notice of data breach after learning that a cyberattack compromised the security of current and former students and employees,
Lansing Community College
March 20, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
The Lansing Community College brings systems back online after experiencing a cyberattack that cut off campus Wi-Fi and forced the school to temporarily cancel its online courses.
Shoreline Community College
March 20, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A ransomware attack forces the majority of Shoreline Community College students and staff to transition to remote work.
Wymondham College
March 14, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Wymondham College, the largest state boarding school in the United Kingdom, announces that it had been hit by a "sophisticated cyberattack".
Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center
March 10, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center in Pennsylvania reportedly thwarts a cyber attack with backup procedures and by shutting down its network.
Bishop Luffa School
March 9, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Bishop Luffa School, a British secondary school, has student data exposed after a likely ransomware attack by the Medusa gang.
Merced College (MCCD)
March 9, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Merced College (MCCD) files a notice of data breach after learning that a ransomware attack resulted in confidential student information being exposed to an unauthorized party.
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
March 9, 2023
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) files a notice of data breach after learning that its managed file transfer server was compromised, resulting in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers' sensitive information, including their names and Social Security numbers.
Northern Essex Community College
March 5, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Northern Essex Community College remains shuttered after suffering a cyberattack.
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg)
March 4, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Vice Society ransomware group adds the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) to its leak site following an attack that the institution said took place late last year.
Denver Public Schools (DPS)
March 3, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Personal information belonging to some 15,000 Denver Public Schools (DPS) employees was stolen in what the district is calling a "cybersecurity incident" that went on for a month.
Gaston College
March 3, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Gaston College posts a "System Interruption" notice after the school confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack
White Settlement Independent School District
February 28, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
LockBit adds White Settlement Independent School District in Texas to their leak site, with a proof pack that suggests that the threat actors were able to access and may have exfiltrated a lot of files.
Tennessee State University (TSU)
February 26, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Tennessee State University (TSU) posts a "Notice of Suspicious Network Activity" after the institution experienced what it believes to have been a ransomware attack.
TheGradCafe
February 26, 2023
•[ leak, education ]
In February 2023, the grad school admissions search website TheGradCafe suffered a data breach that disclosed the personal records of 310k users. The data included email addresses, names and usernames, genders, geographic locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Some records also included physical address, phone number and date of birth. TheGradCafe did not respond to multiple attempts to disclose the breach.
Minneapolis Public Schools
February 24, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Minneapolis Public Schools reveals to be experiencing technical difficulties due to an encryption event due to a ransomware attack.
Skidmore College
February 17, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Skidmore College files a notice of data breach after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access the school's IT network through a ransomware attack.
