News in the Education category

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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 23, 2023
- 10:04 AM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- September 03, 2023
- 11:13 AM
- 0
University of Michigan shuts down network after cyberattack

The University of Michigan has taken all of its systems and services offline to deal with a cybersecurity incident, causing a widespread impact on online services the night before classes started.
- Bill Toulas
- August 29, 2023
- 10:35 AM
- 0
Hawai'i Community College pays ransomware gang to prevent data leak

The Hawaiʻi Community College has admitted that it paid a ransom to ransomware actors to prevent the leaking of stolen data of approximately 28,000 people.
- Bill Toulas
- July 28, 2023
- 09:45 AM
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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.
- Bill Toulas
- July 14, 2023
- 10:23 AM
- 0
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 26, 2023
- 12:15 PM
- 0
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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 19, 2023
- 04:16 PM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- June 09, 2023
- 03:21 PM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- May 12, 2023
- 12:51 PM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- May 04, 2023
- 11:21 AM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- April 06, 2023
- 12:11 PM
- 0
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.
- Bill Toulas
- January 16, 2023
- 02:22 PM
- 0
Iowa’s largest school district cancels classes after cyberattack

Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in Iowa, canceled all classes on Tuesday after taking all networked systems offline in response to "unusual activity" detected on its network one day before.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 10, 2023
- 01:10 PM
- 1
ChatGPT banned in NYC schools over learning impact concerns

The NYC Department of Education has banned the use of ChatGPT by students and teachers in New York City schools as there are serious concerns about its use hampering learning and leading to misinformation.
- Bill Toulas
- January 05, 2023
- 01:14 PM
- 1