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#higher education
4 stories taggedhigher education.
Breaches
Calgary university loses student and staff files to hackers who wiped the originals
Mount Royal University says a June 17 break-in ended with stolen data on shared drives and a ransom demand of 30 bitcoin from a group calling itself CMD Organization.
3 min
Ransomware
When the Learning Platform Goes Dark, There Is No Backup Plan
A finals-week breach of a major university software platform in 2026 left students locked out of coursework and grade books. Higher education has proved twice it will pay ransoms. That changes everything.
3 min
Vulnerabilities
ShinyHunters Rode a PeopleSoft Zero-Day Into University Networks
A CVSS 9.8 RCE flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft gave UNC6240 a two-week head start before Oracle even confirmed the bug existed.
2 min
Threat Intelligence
ShinyHunters Hit Universities Through PeopleSoft Zero-Day Before Oracle Patch
Mandiant ties a two-week extortion spree against Oracle PeopleSoft deployments to UNC6240, the cluster better known as ShinyHunters.
2 min