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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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Education Sector Data Breaches (11264 indexed)

medium · government · Aug 16, 2026

Caroline Yaffa

Caroline Yaffa reports: The Wake County Board of Elections is suspending its use of a software vendor after it reported a possible cyberattack. There’s no evidence that voting machines, ballots, voter registration record

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 2 weeks, 2 days ago
critical · healthcare · Aug 15, 2026

MCBS

Medical business management company data breach exposed 1.2 million individuals' personal information

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 2 weeks, 3 days ago