Imperial Valley College
August 6, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A ransomware attack on Imperial Valley College's computer system has brought down critical systems that remain offline.
Kent State University
August 3, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Kent State University is among the victims of the Blackbaud ransomware attack.
Tacoma Public Schools
August 3, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The Tacoma Public Schools email platform is hacked and sends out phishing emails.
Sheldon Independent School District
August 1, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
An unauthorize third-party gained access to the computer network of the Sheldon Independent School District. It was later revealed that the district was attacked by the Pysa ransomware operators in March.
Camino Real Middle School
July 29, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Camino Real Middle School suffers a Zoom bombing attack.
Athens Independent Sschool District
July 29, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Athens ISD pays a $50,000 ransom for school data that was taken in a ransomware attack.
Providence Children's Museum
July 28, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Providence Children's Museum is another victim of the Blackbaud hack.
Rhode Island College Foundation
July 28, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Rhode Island College Foundation is another victim of the Blackbaud ransomware attack.
Aberystwyth University
July 24, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Aberystwyth University is an additional university affected by the Blackbaud hack.
SUNY Erie Community College
July 22, 2020
•[ hack, malware, education ]
About 50 computers at SUNY Erie Community College are disabled by a malware attack.
Somerset Berkley Regional High School
July 17, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Somerset Berkley Regional High School was a victim of a ransomware attack in July.
Sheffield Hallam University
July 16, 2020
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
The Sheffield Hallam University confirms that it is dealing with a data breach linked to the software provider Blackbaud.
University of North Carolina System
July 16, 2020
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The University of North Carolina System is another victim of the Blackbaud hack.
Royal Military College of Canada
July 3, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Kingston's Royal Military College is one of four military training schools in Canada targeted in a ransomware attack. The attack also affected RMC Saint-Jean in Quebec, the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and the Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside Institute.
Wayne County School District
July 2, 2020
•[ financial, education ]
A cyberattack against Wayne County School District's 16th Section Principal Fund Account has resulted in an investigation by the FBI after they were contacted by school officials shortly after the breach was discovered on July 2.
New Mexico State University Foundation
June 29, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
New Mexico State University Foundation is another victim of the Blackbaud hack.
ProctorU
June 26, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
In June 2020, the online exam service ProctorU suffered a data breach which was subsequently shared extensively across online hacking communities. The breach contained 444k user records including names, email and physical addresses, phones numbers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw.
University of California, Davis
June 21, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
A racist cyberattack email is delivered to thousands of University of California, Davis email accounts, prompting the university to block most of the emails, officials said Tuesday.
Mid-Michigan College
June 19, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
An attacker breaks into the Mid-Michigan College's email system, compromising the accounts of 10 employees and compromising personal data of potentially up to 16,000 people.
Cebu Normal University (CNU)
June 17, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Subdomains of the Cebu Normal University (CNU) website, particularly the Library and Journal for Higher Education (JHE), are hacked by unknown entities.
