St. Francis Xavier University
November 1, 2018
•[ financial, malware, education ]
Canadian St. Francis Xavier University shuts down the entire network following a cryptojacking attack which attempted to use its systems' computing power to mine for Bitcoin.
Orange County Branch of the Girl Scouts of America
October 22, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Hackers breach the Orange County, Calif. branch of the Girl Scouts of America, potentially exposing personal information for 2,800 members and their families.
Henderson School District
October 12, 2018
•[ financial, phishing, education ]
The Henderson school district in Texas is hit with a business email compromise (BEC) attack resulting in a $600,000 loss for the district. The attack took place on September, 26th.
Anne Arundel County Public Library
October 6, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Anne Arundel County Public Library officials announce that nearly 600 staff and public library computers have been hit by the Emotet virus. 4,768 customers who used public computers since September 17 are also notified.
Black History Month Website
October 3, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
The Black History Month website falls victim to two cyber attacks in just 24 hours.
Chegg
September 25, 2018
•[ leak, education ]
Educational technology company Chegg resets the passwords for 40 million of its users after news broke that the firm was breached in April of this year.
Oklahoma City Public Schools
September 24, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
The Oklahoma City Public School District is affected by a DDoS attack on their parent portal.
Infinite Campus
September 21, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
Infinite Campus, one of the largest student information management systems used by schools in America, is coping with the latest in a string of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.
Unknown Organization
September 12, 2018
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
The website of Edinburgh University is down after the institution suffered a major DDoS attack.
Monroe County School District
September 12, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A GandCrab ransomware attack forces Monroe County School District in Florida to shut down its computer systems for at least three days.
University of Louisville
September 11, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Nearly 250 University of Louisville faculty and staff enrolled between 2007 and 2014 have their personal info stolen through the "Get Healthy Now" program.
Hoopeston Area School District
September 3, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
The Hoopeston Area School District website is hacked with pictures and repeated emergency callout messages to district families.
University of Missouri
August 29, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
The University of Missouri suspends email delivery after a Missouri State Democratic Party email seeking interns helps jumpstart a phishing attempt.
Cloquet School District
August 29, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Cloquet school district is hit by a ransomware attack second time in the past three years.
University of Oregon
August 29, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
University of Oregon is target of a phishing campaign.
Eastern Maine Community College
August 17, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor warns of a possible data breach that could have exposed the personal information of current and former staff and students. School officials notify 42,000 current and former students and employees that certain computers were recently infected with malware and may have been hacked.
Dallas County Community College
August 17, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Dallas County Community College discloses a breach after some employees' emails credentials are compromised by a phishing attack from September 14, 2017 to December 18, 2017.
Hwera High School
July 30, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
An anonymous computer hacker demands US$5000 from a Hwera High School to return course work they are holding for ransom.
Clark University
July 20, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Clark University in Massachusetts notifies some students whose personal information, including Social Security Numbers, were in an employee's email account that had been accessed between March 19 and March 23rd, amid a phishing attack.
Career and Technology Education Centers (C-TEC)
July 10, 2018
•[ leak, misconfiguration, education ]
Career and Technology Education Centers (C-TEC) reveals it suffered a possible data breach earlier this year that could have exposed individuals' names and Social Security numbers. The breach happened on May 25 when an unauthorized person had access to a private file for several minutes.
