Cyber extortionists steal data from UK Department for Education
Cybercriminals are attempting to extort Britain’s Department for Education (DfE) after compromising what the hackers said was more than 600,000 pieces of dat...
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Should You Use AI for a Task? Here’s a Simple Way to Decide
This essay originally appeared in The Guardian. I teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto.
University of Pennsylvania breach highlights SSO security risks
As detailed in Bleeping Computer, the University of Pennsylvania experienced a significant data breach in 2025 due to a compromised single sign-on (SSO) acco...
Houston City College Data Breach Impacts 832,000 Students and Alumni
Houston City College has been linked to a significant data breach that has affected approximately 832,000 students and alums. This breach occurred in June 20...
WhatsApp brings end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls to the web
WhatsApp has launched support for voice and video calls on the web, allowing users to make and receive calls directly from their browser without installing t...
VERITAS project could change the way scientists secure AI
The AI models, datasets, and automated systems researchers depend on can be compromised in ways conventional cybersecurity tools aren’t designed to detect. A...
Ransomware Attacks Targeting Universities on the Rise
Comparitech’s analysis of incidents in the first half of 2026 finds that the emergence of The Gentlemen ransomware has resulted in surge in attacks against h...
South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs data breach impacts thousands
Hackers gained access to South Korea's National Diplomatic Academy's online education system for 10 months, stealing personal information of current and form...
Months-long breach exposes South Korean diplomats’ personal data
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has disclosed that attackers breached the Korea National Diplomatic Academy’s online education system, compromising personal d...
South Korea discloses data breach impacting diplomats worldwide
South Korea disclosed that hackers breached the National Diplomatic Academy's online education system for ten months and stole personal information belonging...
Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?
The messy approach to U.S.
MIT to Become Hotbed of AI Video Surveillance
It’s a lot: According to information obtained by The Tech, MIT is spending over $3 million on more than 500 AI surveillance cameras in academic buildings, re...
Suspected Chinese Threat Group Targets Universities via Vulnerable Roundcube Servers
A suspected Chinese threat cluster is exploiting Roundcube vulnerabilities to compromise university networks in the US and Canada and harvest user credentials
15th June – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 15th June, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Univer...
Infosecurity Europe: OWASP Forms New Agentic Research Council
OWASP’s new Agentic Research Council will aim to connect academic work to operational realities on agentic AI security
Protecting education: How MDR can tip the balance in favor of schools
The education sector is notoriously short on cash, but rich in assets for threat actors to target. How can managed detection and response (MDR) help learning...
Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records
2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line.