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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
1,900+
Incidents this year
94+
Countries
+104%
Breach Velocity YoY
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Education Sector Data Breaches (19217 indexed)

high · legal · Apr 28, 2023

HWL Ebsworth

65K client and case files stolen in ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 4 months ago
critical · legal · Apr 28, 2023

HWL Ebsworth (Law Firm)

ALPHV/BlackCat stole 4TB from top-tier Australian law firm — client legal data published

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 4 months ago
high · retail · Apr 27, 2023

CityJerks

177,554 records exposed — Bios, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Geographic locations and 6 more

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 4 months ago
high · retail · Apr 24, 2023

MEO

8,227 records exposed — Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers and 3 more

View incident → Indexed 3 years, 5 months ago