Breaches that exposed education records

40 breaches

MathspaceSupply chain exposed names, emails, children's data and education records.Supply chain1.1M affectedEducationAUUnverifiedSep 3PaidworkHacking exposed financial details, dates of birth, education records, emails, IP addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers and addresses.Hacking23M accountsTechUnverifiedJul 19University of NottinghamNottingham University PeopleSoft breach exposes 454,600 studentsHacking455K affectedEducationGBUnverifiedJun 10InstructureExtortion exposed names, emails, messages, children's data and education records.ExtortionEducationUSUnverifiedMay 2VSVenturEd SolutionsAdmissions platform bug exposed over 1.6 million student recordsExposed dataEducationUSUnverifiedFeb 19Spain Ministry of Science, Innovation and UniversitiesSpain's Ministry of Science shuts systems after hacker offers stolen recordsHackingGovernmentESFeb 5Victorian Department of EducationHackers access Victorian school student database, passwords resetHackingEducationAUUnverifiedJan 14WhiteDateExposed dates of birth, education records, emails, location data, financial details, IP addresses, passwords and messages.20K accountsTechUnverifiedJan 6Monroe UniversityHacking exposed names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, government IDs, health records, insurance details, credentials and tokens, financial details and education records. Reported to the California AG.Hacking321K affectedEducationUSJan 2University of SydneyHacking exposed names, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, employment records and education records.Hacking27K affectedEducationAUUnverifiedDec 18, 2025Illuminate EducationHacker used ex-employee's credentials to access data of 10.1M students; FTC orderHacking10M affectedEducationUSDec 1, 2025SDSecret DesiresErotic AI chatbot left nearly 2M user photos and videos in open storageExposed dataAIUnverifiedNov 19, 2025Harvard UniversityHarvard alumni and donor data stolen in Oracle EBS and phishing attacksHacking851K accountsEducationUSOct 13, 2025Columbia UniversityHacker steals data of 868,969 Columbia students, applicants and staffHacking3.1M affectedEducationUSAug 7, 2025Australian Human Rights CommissionExposed data exposed names, phone numbers, emails, health records, education records and employment records.Exposed dataGovernmentAUUnverifiedMay 14, 2025Baltimore City Public SchoolsRansomware exposed names, employment records, education records and children's data. Reported to the Indiana AG.Ransomware31K affectedEducationUSApr 22, 2025Western Sydney UniversityHacking exposed names and education records.Hacking10K affectedEducationAUUnverifiedApr 10, 2025PowerSchoolHacker steals K-12 student and teacher records from PowerSchool SISHackingEducationUSJan 7, 2025Senior DatingExposed dates of birth, education records, emails, location data and employment records.766K accountsTechUnverifiedDec 9, 2024Ladies.comExposed dates of birth, education records, emails and location data.119K accountsTechUnverifiedDec 9, 2024KadokawaBlackSuit ransomware attack on Kadokawa and Niconico leaks data of 254,241 peopleRansomware254K affectedMediaJPUnverifiedJun 8, 2024Marymount Manhattan College2021 breach hit nearly 100,000 students and alumni; USD 3.5M security investmentHacking100K affectedEducationUSSep 21, 2023Colorado State UniversityVendor MOVEit breaches expose Colorado State University student and staff dataVendor breachEducationUSJul 12, 2023National Student ClearinghouseMOVEit breach at student records nonprofit affects 890 schoolsSupply chainEducationUSJun 29, 2023New York City Department of EducationMOVEit breach exposes data of about 45,000 NYC students and staffSupply chainEducationUSUnverifiedJun 26, 2023Wendy'sExposed education records, emails, IP addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers and addresses.52K accountsTechUSUnverifiedMay 24, 2022AjarnExposed dates of birth, education records, emails, location data, names, passwords and phone numbers.266K accountsTechUnverifiedSep 26, 2021University of CaliforniaSupply chain exposed dates of birth, education records, emails, employment records, names, phone numbers, addresses and government IDs. Reported to the California AG.Supply chain547K accountsEducationUSMay 13, 2021LinkedInScraped LinkedIn profile data offered for saleScraping126M accountsTechUSApr 8, 2021LikerScraping exposed credentials and tokens, dates of birth, education records, emails, location data, IP addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers and messages.Scraping465K accountsTechUnverifiedMar 13, 2021ZooskHacking exposed names, credentials and tokens, dates of birth, education records, emails, location data and financial details. Reported to the California AG.Hacking25M affectedTechUSJun 3, 2020Pearson2018 breach of student records misrepresented to investors; USD 1M SEC penaltyHackingEducationGBUnverifiedJul 31, 2019ExactisMarketing firm leaves database of 340 million records exposed onlineExposed data132M accountsData brokersUSUnverifiedJun 27, 2018Beautiful PeopleHacking exposed dates of birth, education records, emails, location data, financial details, IP addresses, employment records, names and passwords.Hacking1.1M accountsTechUnverifiedApr 25, 2016Mate1.comExposed dates of birth, health records, education records, emails, location data, financial details, employment records, names and passwords.27M accountsTechUnverifiedApr 14, 2016BigMoneyJobsHacking exposed education records, emails, names, passwords, phone numbers and addresses.Hacking37K accountsTechUnverifiedApr 8, 2014Virginia Department of EducationMisplaced flash drive held data of 103,000 adult education studentsLost or stolen device103K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedOct 15, 2009Princeton ReviewTest prep firm published student data and scores on its websiteExposed data108K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedAug 18, 2008UCLAHackers access UCLA database with SSNs of 800,000 students and staffHacking800K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedDec 12, 2006University of Texas at AustinHackers access McCombs business school records of 197,000 peopleHacking197K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedApr 24, 2006