Paul Smith's College
February 17, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Paul Smith's College files notice of a data breach after learning that an unauthorized party gained access to its computer systems where they were able to access confidential information belonging to certain students and employees.
Sweetwater Union High School District
February 16, 2023
•[ education ]
Sweetwater Union High School District is hit with 'undefined' outage.
California Northstate University
February 15, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The California Northstate University suffers a leak from the Avos Locker ransomware gang.
University of Hawaii Maui College (UH Hawaii College)
February 15, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
University of Hawaii Maui College (UH Hawaii College) posted notice of a data breach on its website following a February cyberattack.
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
February 12, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A new ransomware group going by the name 'DarkBit' has hit Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, one of Israel's leading research universities.
Edmonds School District
February 10, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
The Edmonds School District reveals that an "unauthorized actor" was able to get into the school's network and view personal information.
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
February 10, 2023
•[ education ]
The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District suffers a breach
D'Youville University
February 8, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
D'Youville University files a notice of data breach after discovering that certain files containing confidential student information were removed from the school's computer network by an unauthorized party
Munster Technological University (MTU)
February 6, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Munster Technological University (MTU) in Ireland announces that its campuses in Cork would be closed following a "significant IT breach and telephone outage." The ALPHV ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.
Korean Archaeological Society
January 31, 2023
•[ espionage, education ]
Researchers from Recorded Future discover a new wave of attacks of the Chinese threat actor known as Xiaoqiying, targeting organizations in South Korea.
Nantucket Public Schools
January 31, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Nantucket Public Schools are hit with a ransomware attack.
Tucson Unified School District
January 30, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Tucson Unified School District is hit with a Royal ransomware attack.
Duolingo
January 24, 2023
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
In August 2023, 2.6M records of data scraped from Duolingo were broadly distributed on a popular hacking forum. Obtained by enumerating a vulnerable API, the data had earlier appeared for sale in January 2023 and contained email addresses, names, the languages being learned, XP (experience points), and other data related to learning progress on Duolingo. Whilst some of the data attributes are intentionally public, the ability to map private email addresses to them presents an ongoing risk to user privacy.
Wawasee Community School Corporation
January 20, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Wawasee Community School Corporation is hit with a ransomware attack.
Guildford County School
January 19, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Guildford County School is hit with a Vice Society ransomware attack.
School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
January 17, 2023
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
The School District 42 has 19,126 records released in a breach when the documents appear to have been uploaded to a popular hacker forum.
Des Moines Public Schools
January 9, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in Iowa, cancels all classes after taking all networked systems offline in response to "unusual activity" detected on its network.
Okanagan College
January 9, 2023
•[ hack, education ]
Nearly 16,000 students and 1,200 staff at Okanagan College are unable to access campus network services after a cyber attack.
Holy Family RC + CE College
January 6, 2023
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Vice Society ransomware group leaks the data of 14 schools including the Holy Family RC + CE College.
St Paul's Catholic College
January 6, 2023
•[ ransomware, leak, malware ]
The Vice Society ransomware group leaks the data of 14 schools including the St Paul's Catholic College.
