Data breaches are increasing in the education technology sector

EdTech companies and educational institutions are facing rising cyberattacks. ShinyHunters announced new victims and stole personal information from more than 137,000 school staff accounts in a Salesforce-related data theft attack. FulcrumSec claimed responsibility for a large ransomware attack against the Global Schools Foundation, involving data exfiltration from critical systems across schools in multiple countries and disruption of services.