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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 (9672 indexed)

high · healthcare · Aug 14, 2026

NHS

STILL, NHS? Martin Bagot reports: The NHS has admitted a data breach by sending patients’ personal information over pager devices. A BBC investigation found sensitive medical data of transplant patients was routinely sen

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