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Education Sector Data Breaches

Universities, K-12 districts, and ed-tech vendors hold massive student-record databases that attract identity-theft operations and ransomware groups. Below is every education-sector breach LeakTrace has indexed.

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Countries
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Education Sector Data Breaches (12803 indexed)

critical · government · Mar 1, 2026

CISA

US agency breached through Cisco vulnerability; FIRESTARTER backdoor allowed persistent access through March 2026

high · healthcare · Mar 1, 2026

CareCloud

Healthcare software firm informed SEC of potential patient data leak; electronic health records may have been leaked after system intrusion