At a glance
Organisation
Lincoln College
Kind
Breach or incident
Sector
Education
Severity
Critical
Disclosed
Dec 2021
Indexed
19 Dec 2021
Source
Not linked
Summary
157-year-old college permanently closed partly due to ransomware
This record says what was disclosed, when and by whom. It does not say that any person or firm was affected.
Related in this sector
Medium3 Oct 2026
Danish university DTU breach
Education · 200,000 records
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) says information belonging to up to 200,000 users may have been exposed after hackers accessed its identity and access management system and downloaded a large amount of data. [.
3 Oct 2026
Medium2 Oct 2026
Frontline Education breach
Education · Records not stated
Frontline Education is notifying school districts of a data breach after attackers exploited a vulnerability in third-party software to gain unauthorized access to its systems and steal employee information, including So
2 Oct 2026
High25 Sep 2026
Columbia University
Education · 860,000 records
860,000 records exposed in data breach
25 Sep 2026
High25 Sep 2026
Kaplan
Education · Records not stated
Education company data breach impacting customers
25 Sep 2026