Sector

Data breaches in education

332 organisations in education with a confirmed or reported breach on the tracker, newest first.

Last 30 days: 32
2026 so far: 116
On record: 332
Median days to tell: 92

From the day a breach began to the day it was first reported, a median of 92 days, over the 264 breaches in this sector whose notice gives a start date.

What was taken most often

ID numbers58
Names55
Home addresses28
Dates of birth24
Card and bank details22
Health information19

The number of breaches in which each kind of data was exposed.

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How the sector is decided

A sector is read from the organisation’s own name (“Mercy Hospital”, “First National Bank”, “Lincoln School District”) and from the register it filed with (every notice on the US health department’s breach portal is a health organisation’s). A name that says nothing has no sector, and a name can mislead now and then, so these figures are a floor. Found one in the wrong place? Tell us.

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