Bridgeport School District
January 8, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Bridgeport, Connecticut, School District is hit with a ransomware
Wichita State University
January 4, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
At least three employees of Wichita State University do not receive their paychecks after they fall victim of an e-mail phishing scheme.
Australian National University
January 1, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
hacked
Universiti Teknologi MARA
January 1, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
hacked
College of Eastern Idaho
December 28, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
College of Eastern Idaho notifies a security incident discovered on September 5, 2018, when suspicious email activity was detected within an employee's email account.
Westminster College
December 28, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah notifies people after eleven of their employees fell prey to phishing attacks.
San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD)
December 21, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) reveals that PII of more than a half million students and staff were compromised as the result of a phishing attack that may have occurred as early as January 2018.
Ajarn
December 13, 2018
•[ leak, education ]
In September 2021, the Thai-based English language teaching website Ajarn discovered they'd been the victim of a data breach dating back to December 2018. The breach was self-submitted to HIBP and included 266k email addresses, names, genders, phone numbers and other personal information. Hashed passwords were also impacted in the breach.
San Francisco State University
December 4, 2018
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Dozens of San Francisco State University student accounts are hacked in a phishing attack.
Window to the World Communications
December 1, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Investigations by a law firm and forensic accounting firm determined that emails and personal information of approximately 40 staffers were hacked between December 2018 and August 2020.
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools (JLAS)
November 20, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools (JLAS) falls victim to a ransomware attack.
East Tennessee State University
November 19, 2018
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Two employees at East Tennessee State University fall for an email phishing scam and pave the way for a breach at the school.
Midlands State University
November 12, 2018
•[ hack, education ]
Midlands State University is forced to postpone its Student Representative Council Elections after hackers breach the security system.
Chesapeake Public Schools
November 9, 2018
•[ social, malware, education ]
A malware received via phishing emails take down the systems of Chesapeake Public Schools.
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.
