Live disclosure tracker · updated continuously

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
View Live Map → Run Free Exposure Scan RSS
Browse by sector
All breaches Healthcare Finance Government Technology Retail Education Legal
Browse by year
2024 2025 2026 2026 Index

Education Sector Data Breaches (19573 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