update 1: appears the hacker has made a return to the website and left it with a new defacement titled LULZ.. #2. A hacker who uses the handle smitt3nz has leaked data from the UK Council for Graduate Education website (https://www.ukcge.ac.uk) after breaching it and leaving it defaced as well. The data leak which was…
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Pakistan Higher Education Commission Hacked, Over 20,000 Accounts Leaked for #OpIslam
Hackers using the handle Hackers sTz have contacted us with a leak of data from the Pakistan Higher Education Commission Website (https://hec.gov.pk/). The attack which is in the name of #OpIslam which appears to be a new operation by hacktivist around the world. #OpIslam was kicked off just a very short time ago and even has its…
WI: Hack of Cooperative Education Service Agency 10 web portal reveals faculty passwords
WEAU reports: A school district service agency says teachers’ passwords were hacked and Tuesday night it’s getting out the message to the people affected. CESA 10’s administrator tells WEAU its old web portal where teachers registered for classes was hacked, and it’s now using a new site that is not affected. CESA, which stands for…
Eight years of data breaches in higher education
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Data breaches in higher education
TeamSHATTER reports on data breaches in the higher education vertical throughout the United States. The past year has seen a substantial uptick in the amount of total records breached. In 2012, there was a dramatic increase in the total number of reported records affected (1,977,412), but a relatively low amount of institutions (51) that reported…
Turkish Education Websites Attacked By Red Hackers For NYE 2013
Turkish hackers @RedHack_EN have kicked of 2013 with a defacement on the Council of Higher Education for Turkey. They have also announced an defacement on the Bitlis Eren University. The defacement has been announced on twitter. > Happy New Year-1st hack of 2013.Hacked for ODTU => "The Council of Higher Education"=>> ide.yok.gov.tr @youranonnews @anonymouspress — RedHack_EN (@RedHack_EN)…