Undetermined
February 25, 2022
•[ hack, education ]
The Wordfence team has identified a cyberattack on Ukrainian universities that coincided with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and resulted in at least 30 compromised Ukrainian university websites.
The threat actor has stated publicly that they support Russia in the conflict.
Undetermined
February 25, 2022
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
UNC1151 has targeted Employees of a Kazakhstani education institution. Mass phishing emails have recently been observed; after the account is compromised, the threat actiors, by the IMAP protocol, get access to all the messages. Subsequently, the attacks leverage the contact information stored in the victim's address book to propagate the phishing messages to other targets.
Gems Education
February 25, 2022
•[ leak, education ]
Dubai's largest education operator suffers a cyberattack compromising student personal information.
Hays USD 489
February 17, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Kansas school district suffers ransomware attack disrupting operations.
Thai University Central Admission System
February 4, 2022
•[ hack, education ]
Personal information of over 23,000 students is stolen when the Thai University Central Admission System is hacked.
Ohlone Community College District
January 20, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
California community college is hit with ransomware attack compromising student personal information and disrupting online services for 17 days.
SRH Holding
January 14, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Vice Society encrypts network and threatens to leak data on their dark web portal.
Lewis & Clark College
January 13, 2022
•[ ransomware, leak, malware ]
The Quantum ransomware gand drops leaked data samples on their TOR site.
Albuquerque Public Schools
January 12, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
New Mexico school system is hit with ransomware attack forcing school closures effecting about one quarter of the state's students.
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
January 11, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Vice Society ransomware claims responsibility for a November 2022 cyberattack on the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) and also leaks files they claim to have stolen from the university during the breach, exposing potentially sensitive details about the university's operations, students, and personnel.
Illuminate Education
January 8, 2022
•[ leak, education ]
Illuminate Education discloses to have suffered a security breach that resulted in the leak of 820,000 student data.
Monroe Public Schools
January 7, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Michigan public school system suffers ransomware attack.
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
January 1, 2022
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Vice Society ransomware group leaks the data of 14 schools including the Durham Johnston Comprehensive School.
CLE International
December 22, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Documents Leaked on ransomware site.
Carthage R-9 District
December 14, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Missouri school district suffers ransomware attack, files containing employee information are released online.
Pace Center for Girls
December 13, 2021
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Florida education program for at risk teenage girls experiences unauthorized access to servers compromising student data.
Eldon School District
December 7, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Missouri school district is forced to close schools for one day following a ransomware attack.
Pellissippi State Community College
December 6, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Tennessee community college is hit with ransomware attack disrupting campus operations.
Shelley School District
December 6, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Idaho school district suffers a ransomware attack, student personal informatin is not compromised.
Riverhead Central School District
December 3, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
New York school district is hit with ransomware attack.
