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Ransomware

INC Ransom Claims Attack on Richmond School for Students with Dyslexia

A criminal ransomware group has listed The New Community School on its dark-web pressure site. The school has not confirmed any incident, and the claim cannot be independently verified.

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Ransomware

Kairos Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Vermont School District, Alleges Student Medical Records Stolen

The Kairos ransomware group has listed Slate Valley Unified Union School District on its dark-web claims page, alleging it seized hundreds of gigabytes of data including personal and medical records. The district has not confirmed any incident.

3 min read
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Ransomware

INC Ransom Claims Attack on Alaska School District Serving Remote Arctic Communities

The criminal group INC Ransom has listed North Slope Borough School District on its dark-web pressure site. The district has not confirmed any incident, and the claim has not been independently verified.

3 min read
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Ransomware

Interlock Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Springfield Public Schools

A criminal ransomware gang has listed a Massachusetts school district on its dark-web pressure site, alleging it stole student records, medical information and staff data. The district has not confirmed any incident.

3 min read
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Breaches

Mathspace breach exposes data on more than 1 million students, parents and staff

Attackers exploited a flaw in the maths platform's internal reporting tool, part of a wider campaign tied to the ShinyHunters extortion crew.

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Vulnerabilities

Hackers Exploit PaperCut Bugs to Steal Logins From Schools and Universities

Researchers say attackers are chaining two fresh flaws in the popular print management software to break into education networks across the US and Europe.

3 min read
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Breaches

Education Sector Faces Rising Threats from Third-Party Software Breaches

Schools and universities are running out of ways to protect themselves when the software vendors they depend on get breached.

3 min read
Illustration: a classroom with a laptop showing a hacked login page, symbolizing a cyber attack on education
Breaches

The Login Page That Demanded a Ransom

ShinyHunters defaced Canvas mid-finals week, taking the learning platform offline and exposing what one researcher calls an eight-month attack arc against Instructure.

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