Baldwin Wallace University
January 29, 2021
•[ hack, education ]
A cyberattack affected Baldwin Wallace University, cancelling classes and closing their offices.
Jordanian Universities Network L.L.C.
January 28, 2021
•[ hack, education ]
Lebanese Cedar, a Hezbollah-affiliated threat actor, has been linked to a hacking campaign that affected telecoms and ISPs in the US, the UK, and the Middle East. One of the victims is Jordanian Universities Network L.L.C.
Peel District School Board
January 26, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Peel District School Board says that it is recovering from a cyber security incident that resulted in the encryption of files and systems.
Welland Park Academy
January 25, 2021
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A 28-year old has been arrested for allegedly carrying out a cyberattack against Welland Park Academy. The attack prevented the school from delivering remote learning.
Tennessee Wesleyan University
January 22, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Tennessee Wesleyan University was the victim of a ransomware attack.
Griggsville-Perry School District
January 20, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Illinois school district suffers ransomware attack.
Basic High School
January 19, 2021
•[ hack, education ]
The Clark County School District has said it found out how a person gained access to its Canvas system and posted "inappropriate messages". The school involved in the incident was Basic High School.
Midland University
January 18, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Midland University suffers ransomware attack.
Battelle for Kids
January 12, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Chicago Public Schools suffers a massive data breach that exposes the data of almost 500,000 students and 60,000 employee after their vendor, Battelle for Kids, suffered a ransomware attack in December 2021
Institute of Bankers
January 12, 2021
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A data leak affects more than 13,000 members and about 100,000 non-members of the Institute of Bankers following a ransomware incident.
Ben-Gurion University
January 7, 2021
•[ hack, education ]
A cyberattack targeted Ben-Gurion University of the Negev resulting in a breach of a number of its servers, the university announced
Upper Grand District School Board
January 6, 2021
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The Upper Grand District School Board suffered a breach that resulted in inappropriate emails being sent to students.
LaRue County High School students
January 6, 2021
•[ insider, leak, education ]
A former Kentucky prinicpal has been ordered to pay $3.6 million for confiscating students' phones, and downloading and trading their nude photos online.
Diponegoro University
January 5, 2021
•[ hack, education ]
Diponegoro University revealed that hackers had attempted to breach its servers that contain student data.
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.
