KHSU
July 10, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
KHSU the radio of Humboldt State University, is hit by a ransomware attack.
Syracuse City School
July 9, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Syracuse City School is hit by ransomware.
Vedantu
July 8, 2019
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
In mid-2019, the Indian interactive online tutoring platform Vedantu suffered a data breach which exposed the personal data of 687k users. The JSON formatted database dump exposed extensive personal information including email and IP address, names, phone numbers, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. When contacted about the incident, Vedantu advised that they were aware of the breach and were in the process of informing their customers.
School District No. 5 Southeast Kootenay
June 22, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
School District No. 5 Southeast Kootenay discloses an incident occurred on January 23 in which computers at the School Board Office and the Fernie Learning Centre were infected with the Emotet Virus.
Geraldton Catholic School
June 19, 2019
•[ financial, education ]
Geraldton Catholic School confirms it was the victim of a cyber attack, saying bank account and credit card information may have been stolen, including signatures scanned when parents paid school fees.
Australian Catholic University (ACU)
June 17, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Australian Catholic University (ACU) reveals that a data breach occurred on its systems as a result of a phishing attack discovered on May 22.
Missouri Southern State University (MSSU)
June 15, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) states that it was alerted of a possible cyber attack triggered by a phishing email on January 9. The phishing attack made several victims among the university's employees.
Oregon State University (OSU)
June 15, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Oregon State University (OSU) states that 636 student records and family records of students containing personally identifiable information were potentially affected by a data breach that occurred in early May, when an employee's email was hacked.
Graceland University
June 15, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Graceland University says in a notice of data breach that an "unauthorized user gained access to the email accounts of current employees," on March 29, 2019, as well as "from April 1-30 and April 12-May 1, 2019, respectively."
Graceland University
June 14, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Graceland University says in a notice of data breach that an "unauthorized user gained access to the email accounts of current employees," on March 29, 2019, as well as "from April 1-30 and April 12-May 1, 2019, respectively."
Hopkins County School System
June 10, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Hopkins County School System is hit by a phishing attack.
Australian National University
June 4, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
Up to 200,000 students and staff of the Australian National University have personal data stolen in a "sophisticated" cyber attack. The attackers stole data stretching back 19 years. The breach occurred in late 2018 and was detected two weeks ago.
Coventry Local School District
May 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Coventry Local School District is forced to send students and some of its staff home after a Trickbot malware infection causes major issues to its IT infrastructure.
Paterson Public Schools
May 15, 2019
•[ leak, education ]
The Paterson Public Schools is hit by a massive breach: 23,103 account passwords and other computer access tokens are stolen.
Oklahoma City Public Schools
May 14, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Oklahoma City Public Schools confirm they are addressing a recent ransomware attack, compromising the district's network.
Middletown Public Schools
May 6, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Middletown Public Schools are hit by a ransomware attack.
Wyzant
May 6, 2019
•[ leak, education ]
Wyzant, an online marketplace that connects parents and students reveals a data breach which has led to the compromise of user data including Facebook profile information. The breach occurred on April 27.
Augustana College
May 1, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Augustana College is the victim of a ransomware attack.
Sugar-Salem School District 322
April 26, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A ransomware attack takes down servers at Sugar-Salem School District 322.
Scott County Schools
April 24, 2019
•[ financial, phishing, education ]
Scott County Schools announce that the district was the victim of a $3.7 million online scam, when an undisclosed vendor told the district it never was paid for an invoice.
