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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.

98B+
Records Exposed
13048
Incidents
94+
Countries
+104%
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Education Sector Data Breaches (13048 indexed)

high · tech · Jan 11, 2026

Instagram

6,215,150 records exposed — Display names, Email addresses, Geographic locations, Phone numbers and 1 more

View incident → Indexed 7 months, 3 weeks ago
high · tech · Jan 10, 2026

BreachForums (2025)

672,247 records exposed — Email addresses, Forum posts, Passwords, Private messages and 1 more

View incident → Indexed 7 months, 3 weeks ago
high · education · Jan 6, 2026

WhiteDate

20,363 records exposed — Ages, Astrological signs, Bios, Device information and 18 more

View incident → Indexed 8 months ago