Beech Acres Parenting Center
December 29, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Beech Acres Parenting Center discovers that employee email accounts with personal and sensitive information had been hacked and accessed between Dec. 29 and March 18
University of California
December 24, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
In December 2020, the University of California suffered a data breach due to vulnerability in in a third-party provider, Accellion. The breach exposed extensive personal data on both students and staff including 547 thousand unique email addresses, names, dates of birth, genders, social security numbers, ethnicities and other academic related data attributes. Further analysis is available in Exploring the Impact of the UC Data Breach. The data was provided to HIBP courtesy of Cyril Gorlla.
City of Paderborn
December 18, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The city of Paderborn's "Lernstatt" network has been affected by a major cyberattack. Numerous mail accounts and web conferences have been paralyzed.
North Shore Hebrew Academy
December 14, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The website of North Shore Hebrew Academy was defaced with racial slurs and anti-Semitic propaganda.
Weslaco Independent School District
December 14, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Weslaco Independent School District in Texas is a victim of the Conti ransomware threat actors.
Roanoke College
December 12, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Roanoke College has been forced to delay the start of its spring semester due to what appears to be a ransomware attack.
Socorro Independent School District
December 11, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Socorro Independent School District has been hit by a ransomware attack.
University of Memphis
December 4, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The University of Memphis sends out a notice after an individual hacked into a university email account.
Ubiqus Group
December 4, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The New York City Department of Education is affected by a ransomware attack after Ubiqus Group, a contractor that provides hearing transcripts was attacked.
K12 Inc.
November 30, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Online education giant K12 Inc. reveals to have paid a ransom after their systems were hit by the Ryuk ransomware in the middle of November.
Huntsville City Schools district
November 30, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Ransomware operators attack the Huntsville City Schools district in Alabama, forcing them to shut down schools.
Gardiner Public Schools
November 26, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Gardiner Public Schools district are hit with a ransomware attack.
Spring Independent School District
November 26, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Spring Independent School District in Houston is the victim of Egregor ransomware.
Baltimore County Public Schools
November 24, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Baltimore County Public Schools have been struck by ransomware two days before Thanksgiving.
Niles Township High School District 219
November 21, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The email account of a teacher in Niles Township High School District 219 has been hijacked and was used to send offensive emails to students and community members, according to a statement from the school board.
Sherman Independent School District
November 20, 2020
•[ insider, misconfiguration, education ]
The Sherman Independent School District is investigating a data breach after two Sherman High School students accessed private information.
Mansfield Public Schools
November 20, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Mansfield public schools in Massachusetts are the victim of a DDoS attack.
Oglethorpe County Schools
November 19, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Oglethorpe County schools have been hit with ransomware.
Northampton Public Library
November 16, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Northampton Public Library in Pennsylvania has been hit by ransomware.
Coldwater Orthodontics
November 16, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Egregor ransomware gang has attacked Coldwater Orthodontics.
