University of Queensland
July 25, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A Group of Hacktivists calling themselves @NightmareSquad hacks the University of Queensland and dumps 9 individuals' e-mail addresses and clear-text passwords.
Accademia della Crusca
June 23, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A pro-ISIS hacker hacker dubbed Phenomene Dz defaces the website of The Accademia della Crusca (www.accademiadellacrusca.it), the most important research institution studying the Italian language.
Bahraini Human Rights Watch Society
June 13, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A Bahraini human rights group claims its website (bhrws.org) and Twitter account (@bhrws2004) have been hacked by anti-government protesters.
Commack School District
May 26, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Commack School District's computer system is hacked by 3 students.
English Language Academy of the Univerity of Auckland
May 18, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A hacker group calling itself the Middle East Cyber Army defaces the website of the English Language Academy of the Univerity of Auckland (ela.auckland.ac.nz).
Minnesota Department of Education
May 13, 2015
•[ hack, education, government ]
Minnesota student testing is suspended again after what is believed to be a sophisticated hacking attempt.
Mauthausen Nazi Camp
May 8, 2015
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The memorial website of the Nazi Mauthausen camp in Austria is defaced with child pornography image materials.
University of Montana
May 4, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
A construction sign is hacked at the University of Montana, inviting users to "Smoke Weed Everyday".
University of California Berkeley
April 30, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
UC Berkeley officials announce that they are sending alert notices to current students and other individuals regarding a computer data breach that may have resulted in unauthorized access to their Social Security numbers or other personal information.
Rutgers University
April 28, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A cyber attack against the Rutgers University computer network is responsible for the interruptions in internet service.
Wilmington Public Schools
April 23, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The Wilmington Public Schools website is defaced by Team System DZ. The hackers publish a page supporting ISIS.
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments
April 22, 2015
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
The annual school test of Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) are suspended due to a DDoS attack.
Wellesley College
April 5, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
4/2o Cell AKA @Puttied hacks a subdomain of wellesley.edu (mobius.wellesley.edu) and claims to have obtained 700 records.
FIT College
March 19, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Chrichir hacks the FIT college (fitcollege.edu.au) and claims to have accessed 5,000+ student records, and more than 6,000 payment records.
South West TAFE
March 16, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Chrichir hacks the South West TAFE (swtafe.vic.edu.au), and, as proof, dumps some internal tables.
University of Oklahoma
March 16, 2015
•[ hack, leak, education ]
A hacker dubbed Chrichir AKA @ChrichirTheGod hacks the University of Oklahoma and dumps some internal data.
Bradley University
March 1, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The Bradley University informs its employees, retirees, and former employees that their identifiable information, including Social Security numbers, might have been compromised as a result of a breach of system data security.
University of Lisbon
February 27, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
The group of hacktivists Sudoh4k3rs hacks the two subdomains of the University of Lisbon and dumps the database and the administrator password.
New Drop High School
February 27, 2015
•[ hack, education ]
Eric Walstrom, a student at New Dorp High School hacks into a secure computer system to improve his scores. Unfortunately he is discovered.
Chinese Academy of Engineering
February 25, 2015
•[ espionage, malware, education ]
The Chinese Academy of Engineering suffered a cyberattack from Poison Ivy; a group that has carried out numerous espionage campaigns against China.