School District 42
18,850 records exposed — Email addresses, Names
Education Sector Data Breaches (398 indexed)
South Adams Schools (IN)
9K student records exposed
Nantucket Public Schools (MA)
3,200 student records exposed in ransomware
Tucson Unified School District (Arizona)
Royal ransomware encrypted systems — 185K student and staff records exposed
Tucson Unified School District
29K student and employee records exposed in ransomware
Gadsden ISD (TX)
18K student records exposed
University of Auckland
Cyberattack compromised research and student data systems
Duolingo (AU/Global Impact)
2.6M user records scraped through API vulnerability — emails and learning data
Des Moines Public Schools
6,700+ student and staff records exposed in ransomware
Wichita State University
36K student records exposed in data breach
Lake Washington School District (WA)
16K student records exposed
Memorial University (NL)
Cyberattack disrupted systems for months
Queensland University of Technology
Royal ransomware compromised university IT systems — student data stolen
Cedar Rapids Schools (IA)
40K student records exposed
Penncrest School District (PA)
7K student records exposed in ransomware
Byju's (India)
Edtech unicorn employee and student data exposed through security misconfiguration
Welland Park Academy
Vice Society published student exam data and SEN records on dark web
Janesville School District (WI)
10K student records exposed
Lumberton ISD (TX)
4K student records exposed
Lancaster ISD (TX)
14K student records exposed
Little Rock School District (AR)
9K student records exposed
Western Kentucky University
58K records exposed in cyberattack
Wentworth Military Academy
12K student records exposed
Elizabeth Public Schools (NJ)
13K student records exposed