Education – Page 2

National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacts 890 schools

U.S. educational nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse has disclosed a data breach affecting 890 schools using its services across the United States. […]

03 Sep

University of Sydney data breach impacts recent applicants

The University of Sydney (USYD) has announced it has suffered a data breach through a third-party service provider, exposing the personal data of recently applied and enrolled international applicants. […]

14 Jul

Colorado State University says data breach impacts students, staff

Colorado State University (CSU) has confirmed that the Clop ransomware operation stole sensitive personal information of current and former students and employees during the recent MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks. […]

26 Jun

Hackers steal data of 45,000 New York City students in MOVEit breach

The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) says hackers stole documents containing the sensitive personal information of up to 45,000 students from its MOVEit Transfer server. […]

19 Jun

Iowa’s largest school district confirms ransomware attack, data theft

Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa’s largest school district, confirmed today that a ransomware attack was behind an incident that forced it to take all networked systems offline on January 9, 2023. […]

09 Jun

University of Manchester says hackers ‘likely’ stole data in cyberattack

The University of Manchester warns staff and students that they suffered a cyberattack where threat actors likely stole data from the University’s network. […]

12 May

FBI: Bl00dy Ransomware targets education orgs in PaperCut attacks

The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory to warn that the Bl00dy Ransomware gang is now also actively exploiting a PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability to gain initial access to networks. […]

04 May

Ransomware gang hijacks university alert system to issue threats

The Avos ransomware gang hijacked Bluefield University’s emergency broadcast system, “RamAlert,” to send students and staff SMS texts and email alerts that their data was stolen and would soon be released. […]

06 Apr

Medusa ransomware claims attack on Open University of Cyprus

The Medusa ransomware gang has claimed a cyberattack on the Open University of Cyprus (OUC), which caused severe disruptions of the organization’s operations. […]

16 Jan

Vice Society ransomware leaks University of Duisburg-Essen’s data

The Vice Society ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the November 2022 cyberattack that forced the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) to reconstruct its IT infrastructure, a process that’s still ongoing. […]

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