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.
King's College London
April 9, 2019
•[ hack, brute-force, education ]
King's College London warns staff and students that some accounts have been "compromised" due to an apparent brute-force attack on password systems.
Sylvan Union School District
April 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Sylvan Union School District is hit by an apparent ransomware attack whose remediation costs exceed $1 million.
Georgia Tech University
April 2, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
Georgia Tech announces that a vulnerability in a web application allowed an attacker to gain access to the personal information of up to 1.3 million students, college applications, staff, and faculty members. The breach was discovered on March 21.
Taos Municipal Schools District
March 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Taos Municipal Schools District struggles to recover from a ransomware attack occurred three weeks ago.
Lynn Public Schools
March 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Lynn Public Schools shut down internet after a computer virus.
Haylands Primary School
March 18, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Haylands Primary School in Ryde become aware of a malware virus affecting their IT systems. Upon investigation they realize there had been unauthorised log-ins to the school server.
