Duluth School District
June 3, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Duluth School District reveals the details of a security breach involving 14 student accounts.
University of California, San Francisco
June 1, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The University of California, San Francisco has paid a $1.14 million ransom to a criminal gang after getting hit with ransomware in June.
Michigan State University
May 28, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The operators of the NetWalker (Mailto) ransomware announce that they've infected the network of Michigan State University.
Mathway
May 22, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
ShinyHunters breaches Mathway, a popular math solving application, stealing more than 25 million emails and passwords.
EduCBA
May 22, 2020
•[ leak, education ]
Online education site EduCBA starts notifying customers that they are resetting their passwords after suffering a data breach.
Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
May 7, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) announces that it was forced to shut down large parts of its central IT infrastructure, after a ransomware attack that took place between May 6 and May 7.
Saint Paulus Lutheran Church
May 6, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Saint Paulus Lutheran Church sues video chat company Zoom after a hacker allegedly hijacked a virtual Bible study class to post graphic images of child abuse.
Fitness class
May 5, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
A Zoom hacker scares a group of about 60 children taking part in a fitness class, streaming child sex abuse footage.
Chronicle
May 3, 2020
•[ leak, education ]
Chronicle.com, a news source for higher education, is the latest victim to have a database dumped from the ShinyHunters collective (3 million records).
Florida Gulf Coast University
May 3, 2020
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A virtual ceremony by Florida Gulf Coast University is disrupted by a DDoS attack.
York University
May 1, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
York University suffers a "serious" cyber attack.
Columbus City Schools
May 1, 2020
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Columbus City Schools have notified an undisclosed number of people that an employee's email account was breached in May.
Warwick University
April 30, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
The Warwick University reveals to have been breached last year (and tried to cover up the breach).
SWPS University of Humanities and Social Sciences ('SWPS University')
April 30, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Polish University of Humanities and Social Sciences is hit with a ransomware attack.
Scholarship America
April 28, 2020
•[ hack, education ]
Scholarship America is providing notice of unauthorized access to several Microsoft Office 365 email accounts.
Aeries Student Information Systems
April 27, 2020
•[ leak, education ]
Multiple school districts are impacted by a breach of Aeries Student Information Systems that occurred in November 2019.
Lumberton Township Public Schools in Burlington County
April 27, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Lumberton Township Public Schools in Burlington County announces it will temporarily stop using Zoom after a hacker reportedly streamed pornography and used racist language during a lesson for middle school students.
Illinois Valley Community College
April 24, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Illinois Valley Community College is hit with a ransomware attack. In September the Pysa threat actors who carried out the attack published sensitive IVCC information for not paying the ransom.
CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin
April 23, 2020
•[ social, phishing, education ]
CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin notifies of a phishing incident that occurred on April 23, 2020.
Poland's War Studies University
April 22, 2020
•[ hack, government, education ]
Hackers breached Poland's War Studies University's website and posted a fake letter from the university's commander, urging Polish soldiers "to fight against the American occupation."
