Education Department — Cyber Attacks, Breaches & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
3
occurrences
First Seen
January 14, 2026
Last Seen
May 7, 2026

Education Department is a organization tracked across 2 threat clusters and 3 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed January 14, 2026; most recent activity May 7, 2026.

Overview

The Education Department (Victorian Department of Education) is the Victorian state government agency responsible for public schools and related educational services in Victoria, Australia, including management of student and staff data. It has recently faced cyber intrusions that exposed student names and email addresses, underscoring the sensitivity of the data it holds and highlighting cybersecurity risks to the education sector.

Related Threat Clusters

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Students' names, staff data compromised in state school cyberattack — Brisbanetimes.Au · May 7, 2026
  • Hackers access names, emails of Victorian students in data breach — Abc.Au · January 14, 2026
  • Victorian government schools targeted in major new hack impacting current and former ... — 7News.Au · January 14, 2026

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