Fylde Coast Academy Trust
September 20, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Fylde Coast Academy Trust is hit with a ransomware attack.
Providence Public School District
September 12, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Providence Public School District (PPSD) faces internet outages after discovering irregular activity." The Medusa ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.
Granite School District
September 11, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Granite School District discloses that a cyber attack affected all the students' records. The Rhysida ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.
Highline Public Schools
September 8, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
Highline Public Schools, a K-12 district in Washington state, shuts down all schools and cancels school activities after its technology systems were compromised in a cyberattack.
Framingham Heart Study, managed by Boston University
September 8, 2024
•[ leak, education ]
Boston Universitys renowned Framingham Heart Study (FHS) is breached by threat actors, who gained access to the data of participantsboth living and deceasedof the countrys longest running, multigenerational heart study.
Charles Darwin School
September 6, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Charles Darwin School in south London is hit with a ransomware attack.
Canvey Island Infant School
August 27, 2024
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Canvey Island Infant School says its IT system has been compromised after being hit by a cyber attack during the summer holiday.
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
July 16, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Lancaster Royal Grammar School is hit with a ransomware attack.
The Heritage Foundation
July 9, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
In July 2024, hacktivists published almost 2GB of data taken from The Heritage Foundation and their media arm, The Daily Signal. The data contained 72k unique email addresses, primarily used for commenting on articles (along with names, IP addresses and the comments left) and by content contributors (along with usernames and passwords stored as either MD5 or phpass hashes).
Louisiana Special School District
July 3, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Louisiana Special School District suffers an Akira ransomware attack.
Alabama State Department of Education
July 3, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Alabama State Department of Education says it stopped a ransomware attack last month but threat actors were still able to access some data and disrupt services.
EqualizeRCM
July 1, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
SysInformation Healthcare Services, LLC ("SysInformation"), d/b/a EqualizeRCM discloses a ransomware attack.
Learnosity
June 17, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
Learnosity, an e-learning platform with more than 40 million learners, discloses a cybersecurity incident.
Richland School District
June 14, 2024
•[ hack, education ]
Richland School District is left without phones and Internet, after someone gained unauthorized access to the network.
Toronto District School Board
June 12, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) warns that it suffered a ransomware attack on its software testing environment and is investigating whether any personal information was exposed.
Los Angeles Unified School District
June 6, 2024
•[ leak, education ]
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are investigating a threat actor's claims that they're selling stolen databases containing records belonging to millions of students and thousands of teachers. 24 million records are allegedly compromised.
Billericay School
May 31, 2024
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The Billericay School is hit with a malware attack.
Tibet Post and Gyudmed Tantric University
May 31, 2024
•[ espionage, malware, education ]
Researchers at Recorded Future reveal that the Chinese state-sponsored threat group TAG-112 compromised two Tibetan websites, Tibet Post and Gyudmed Tantric University, to deliver the Cobalt Strike malware
University of Siena
May 10, 2024
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The University of Siena is hit with a LockBit ransomware attack.
City of Helsinki
April 30, 2024
•[ leak, education ]
The City of Helsinki discloses it is investigating a data breach in its education division, which it discovered in late April 2024, impacting tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel.
