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Massive data breach affecting schools and universities nationwide; extortion attack
2026 continues the year-over-year growth trend in confirmed disclosures. The list below updates as new breaches are reported by Verizon DBIR partners and major security news outlets.
Massive data breach affecting schools and universities nationwide; extortion attack
ShinyHunters breach affected 275 million educational platform users; supply chain incident
Major cyber breach affecting tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers in education technology sector
15 million patients affected; largest 2026 US health breach exposed SSNs and dental/vision health info
Data breach exposed 2 million private member records offered for sale by hacker group
Data breach confirmed; hackers breached system storing franchise-related documents
Massive data breach affecting schools nationwide, disrupted classes and coursework at universities
Third-party vendor breach exposed tax client data; 81-day notification delay
Tens of thousands of student and teacher records exposed in major education technology data breach
Ransomware attack disrupted operations and finals week at the university and thousands of other schools
Data leak exposed hundreds of thousands of records including celebrity contact information
Hackers stole medical data, fingerprints and biometrics from at least 1.8 million people
FortiBleed campaign exposed verified credentials for 73,000+ FortiGate devices
Data breach exposed Medicare numbers, treatment details and pathology results; records could be sold on dark web
2 million customer information records stolen in data breach
Exposed GitHub repository with internal credentials and files
Major cyber breach affecting tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers
Data breach exposed patients' medical records including Medicare numbers, treatment details and pathology results
Ransomware attack shut down dairy operations; disclosed to SEC
Data breach confirmed; 630GB stolen including Apple supplier and Tesla documents
Tens of thousands of students and teachers' data exposed in significant global education technology breach
Tens of thousands of Queensland students and teachers impacted in major global education technology data breach
Major cyber breach affecting tens of thousands of students and teachers in global education technology incident
Ransomware attack shut down dairy operations; data encrypted in attack