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Breaches that exposed education records

39 breaches, most recently disclosed first. The list grows as new ones are disclosed.

OrganizationAffected
MathspaceMathspace Metabase breach exposes 1,079,819 students, parents and staffSep 33 weeks agoSupply chainUnverified1.1M
PaidworkJul 192 months agoHackingUnverified23Macct
University of NottinghamNottingham University PeopleSoft breach exposes 454,600 studentsJun 103 months agoHackingUnverified455K
InstructureInstructure Canvas breach exposes students' messages at nearly 9,000 schoolsMay 24 months agoExtortionUnverifiedUnknown
VenturEd SolutionsAdmissions platform bug exposed over 1.6 million student recordsFeb 197 months agoExposed dataUnverifiedUnknown
Spain Ministry of Science, Innovation and UniversitiesSpain's Ministry of Science shuts systems after hacker offers stolen recordsFeb 57 months agoHackingUnknown
Victorian Department of EducationHackers access Victorian school student database, passwords resetJan 148 months agoHackingUnverifiedUnknown
WhiteDateJan 68 months agoUnverified20Kacct
Monroe UniversityMonroe University says December 2024 breach exposed data of 320,973 peopleJan 28 months agoHacking321K
University of SydneyUniversity of Sydney breach exposes data of 27,000 staff and studentsDec 18, 20259 months agoHackingUnverified27K
Illuminate EducationHacker used ex-employee's credentials to access data of 10.1M students; FTC orderDec 1, 20259 months agoHacking10M
Secret DesiresErotic AI chatbot left nearly 2M user photos and videos in open storageNov 19, 202510 months agoExposed dataUnverifiedUnknown
Columbia UniversityHacker steals data of 868,969 Columbia students, applicants and staffAug 7, 20251 year agoHacking3.1M
Australian Human Rights CommissionAustralian Human Rights Commission documents indexed by search enginesMay 14, 20251 year agoExposed dataUnverifiedUnknown
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore City Public Schools breach affects over 31,000 peopleApr 22, 20251 year agoRansomware31K
Western Sydney UniversityWestern Sydney University SSO breach exposes 10,000 students' dataApr 10, 20251 year agoHackingUnverified10K
PowerSchoolHacker steals K-12 student and teacher records from PowerSchool SISJan 7, 20251 year agoHackingUnknown
Senior DatingDec 9, 20241 year agoUnverified766Kacct
Ladies.comDec 9, 20241 year agoUnverified119Kacct
KadokawaBlackSuit ransomware attack on Kadokawa and Niconico leaks data of 254,241 peopleJun 8, 20242 years agoRansomwareUnverified254K
Marymount Manhattan College2021 breach hit nearly 100,000 students and alumni; USD 3.5M security investmentSep 21, 20233 years agoHacking100K
Colorado State UniversityVendor MOVEit breaches expose Colorado State University student and staff dataJul 12, 20233 years agoVendor breachUnknown
National Student ClearinghouseMOVEit breach at student records nonprofit affects 890 schoolsJun 29, 20233 years agoSupply chainUnknown
New York City Department of EducationMOVEit breach exposes data of about 45,000 NYC students and staffJun 26, 20233 years agoSupply chainUnverifiedUnknown
Wendy'sMay 24, 20224 years agoUnverified52Kacct
AjarnSep 26, 20215 years agoUnverified266Kacct
University of CaliforniaMay 13, 20215 years agoSupply chain547Kacct
LinkedInScraped LinkedIn profile data offered for saleApr 8, 20215 years agoScraping126Macct
LikerMar 13, 20215 years agoScrapingUnverified465Kacct
ZooskJun 3, 20206 years agoHacking25M
Pearson2018 breach of student records misrepresented to investors; USD 1M SEC penaltyJul 31, 20197 years agoHackingUnverifiedUnknown
ExactisMarketing firm leaves database of 340 million records exposed onlineJun 27, 20188 years agoExposed dataUnverified132Macct
Beautiful PeopleApr 25, 201610 years agoHackingUnverified1.1Macct
Mate1.comApr 14, 201610 years agoUnverified27Macct
BigMoneyJobsApr 8, 201412 years agoHackingUnverified37Kacct
Virginia Department of EducationMisplaced flash drive held data of 103,000 adult education studentsOct 15, 200916 years agoLost or stolen deviceUnverified103K
Princeton ReviewTest prep firm published student data and scores on its websiteAug 18, 200818 years agoExposed dataUnverified108K
UCLAHackers access UCLA database with SSNs of 800,000 students and staffDec 12, 200619 years agoHackingUnverified800K
University of Texas at AustinHackers access McCombs business school records of 197,000 peopleApr 24, 200620 years agoHackingUnverified197K

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