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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.

98B+
Records Exposed
11556
Incidents
94+
Countries
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Education Sector Data Breaches (11556 indexed)

medium · healthcare · Aug 9, 2026

Alcon

218,395 records exposed — Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses

View incident → Indexed 3 weeks, 2 days ago
high · retail · Aug 9, 2026

Harrods

430K customer records stolen by third party

View incident → Indexed 3 weeks, 2 days ago
medium · government · Aug 8, 2026

Katie Chavez

Katie Chavez reports: Suisun City officials declared a state of emergency Saturday, Aug. 8, after a cyberattack took out the city’s emergency dispatch line and other key systems. City officials said that “malicious softw

View incident → Original disclosure Indexed 3 weeks, 3 days ago