Coverage tagged "Education".
MI5 warns UK universities that over 100 academics may have unknowingly worked on research funded by a Chinese institute linked to the MSS. On September 30, MI5 published a formal warning naming the…
A breach at school software provider Frontline Education has exposed employee data
Iranian hacker Amir Barati faces extradition to the US over an alleged Iranian campaign that stole 31TB of data from universities. Amir Barati spent June 25 getting arrested in Montenegro, and this…
The Slate Valley Unified School District in Fair Haven, Vermont, has been responding to a security incident since September 3. On October 2, Kairos threat actors contacted DataBreaches to alert us to…
Warlock ransomware continues to exploit unpatched SharePoint flaws to breach water utilities, telecoms, governments, and universities worldwide. Warlock ransomware made headlines back in mid-2025 for…
A new China-nexus cyber espionage group known as TA419 has been attributed to multiple credential phishing campaigns targeting artificial intelligence (AI) experts working for U.S. think tanks…
The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in…
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…
Naomi Diaz reports: The Senate passed the bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity and Resilience Act by unanimous consent. The legislation aims to help healthcare providers strengthen their…
mandurahses.org.au Mandurah State Emergency Service is a volunteer emergency rescue unit (part of DFES Western Australia), founded in 1976/78 and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026, based at 31…
westropprimaryschool.co.uk Westrop Primary & Nursery School is a state-funded community school in Highworth, Swindon (Wiltshire, UK), founded in 1969, serving children aged 2–11. It currently has…
Ghaziabad: A second-year Jamia Millia Islamia University student and three of his associates were arrested for allegedly extorting money from a Canada-based NRI by threatening to circulate…
The university where the term artificial intelligence was coined is ringing in the field's 70th birthday in fitting fashion: with an academic-integrity scandal. Last month, Dartmouth College's…
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…
The China-linked ransomware group Warlock targeted a water utility, a telecom provider, a regional government body, and a university by exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities to gain initial access.
As AI agents escaping testing sandboxes and hacking organizations have gone from unprecedented to seemingly routine in a matter of weeks, policymakers, regulators and cybersecurity attorneys largely…
OpenAI's agents have repeatedly strayed beyond their intended scope. Two separate reports detail the activity, including one from Sam Altman’s company saying it has notified more than 100…
AI agents probing US and Canadian government sites made SQL injection attempts while seeking data, but investigators found no evidence of compromise. Autonomous AI agents, working on what looks like…
Amir Barati, an alleged member of the Mabna Institute, was indicted for targeting universities, private organizations, and government entities in the US and abroad.
The attacks targeted the US Department of Education and Library and Archives Canada, and researchers linked some agents to OpenAI.
