The University of St. Thomas had hundreds of thousands of documents stolen earlier this year in a data breach, according to ABC13’s reporting partners at the Houston Chronicle, and now a hacking group has taken responsibility. This hack happened in...
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While businesses collectively paid $814 million in ransomware in 2024, one sector saw attacks surge 23% in the first half of 2025 alone: higher education. This sharp increase reflects the challenge of running secure operations in open, collaborative...
Harvard University is investigating a data breach after the Clop ransomware gang listed the school on its data leak site, saying the alleged breach was likely caused by a recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite...
The cyberattack against Miljödata at the end of August affects many people. Umeå University is conducting a risk and vulnerability analysis before the system becomes available again. The cyberattack targeted Miljödata, the supplier of Adato, the system...
Western Sydney University has been hit by a major scam after mass emails were sent to students and alumni, including some claiming that degrees had been “revoked”. Two different emails appear to have been sent from accounts where students and...