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Toronto District School Board hit by a ransomware attack

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack on its software testing environment and is now investigating whether any personal information was exposed.
- Bill Toulas
- June 13, 2024
- 02:43 PM
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New Fog ransomware targets US education sector via breached VPNs

A new ransomware operation named 'Fog' launched in early May 2024, is using compromised VPN credentials to breach the networks of educational organizations in the U.S.
- Bill Toulas
- June 06, 2024
- 02:29 PM
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Free Piano phish targets American university students, staff

A large-scale phishing campaign is using an unusual lure to earn at least $900,000 by tricking email recipients into believing they're about to receive a baby grand piano for free.
- Bill Toulas
- May 29, 2024
- 02:14 PM
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Western Sydney University data breach exposed student data

Western Sydney University (WSU) has notified students and academic staff about a data breach after threat actors breached its Microsoft 365 and Sharepoint environment.
- Bill Toulas
- May 21, 2024
- 03:39 PM
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Helsinki suffers data breach after hackers exploit unpatched flaw

The City of Helsinki is investigating a data breach in its education division, which it discovered in late April 2024, impacting tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel.
- Bill Toulas
- May 13, 2024
- 11:17 AM
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University System of Georgia: 800K exposed in 2023 MOVEit attack

The University System of Georgia (USG) is sending data breach notifications to 800,000 individuals whose data was exposed in the 2023 Clop MOVEit attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- May 08, 2024
- 05:48 PM
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Hackers exploit 14-year-old CMS editor on govt, edu sites for SEO poisoning

Threat actors are exploiting a CMS editor discontinued 14 years ago to compromise education and government entities worldwide to poison search results with malicious sites or scams.
- Bill Toulas
- February 26, 2024
- 02:59 PM
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Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google

The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country's schools.
- Bill Toulas
- February 07, 2024
- 03:15 PM
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Kansas State University cyberattack disrupts IT network and services

Kansas State University (K-State) announced it is managing a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted certain network systems, including VPN, K-State Today emails, and video services on Canvas and Mediasite.
- Bill Toulas
- January 18, 2024
- 01:44 PM
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Memorial University recovers from cyberattack, delays semester start

The Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) continues to deal with the effects of a cyberattack that occurred in late December and postponed the start of classes in one campus.
- Bill Toulas
- January 05, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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University of Michigan employee, student data stolen in cyberattack

The University of Michigan says in a statement today that they suffered a data breach after hackers broke into its network in August and accessed systems with information belonging to students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 23, 2023
- 03:34 PM
- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Brightly warns of SchoolDude data breach exposing credentials

U.S. tech company and Siemens subsidiary Brightly Software is notifying customers that their personal information and credentials were stolen by attackers who gained access to the database of its SchoolDude online platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 11, 2023
- 04:25 PM
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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
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