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Houston City College is most often covered alongside FulcrumSec, which appears in 2 of these 2 stories. Coverage clusters in data-breach, which accounts for 1 of those 2, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. Houston City College appears in 2 tracked Cross-Sector stories from June 18, 2026.
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Last mentioned: Jun 18, 2026
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Houston City College is most often covered alongside FulcrumSec, which appears in 2 of these 2 stories. Coverage clusters in data-breach, which accounts for 1 of those 2, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. Houston City College appears in 2 tracked Cross-Sector stories from June 18, 2026. The tracked stories average 2 original sources each.
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ShinyHunters announces additional victims
On June 16, the group reveals new targets including Glendale Community College, Moody Bible Institute, Illinois Central College, and Houston City College.
FulcrumSec ransomware attack on Global Schools Foundation
The group exfiltrates data and disrupts operations across GSF's international network of schools in early June, causing widespread service outages.
ShinyHunters breaches Infinite Campus via Salesforce
Cybercriminals exploit a vulnerability to steal personal information from 137,000 school staff accounts, affecting the widely used K-12 student information system.
Two major threat actor groups are driving a crisis in education technology, with ShinyHunters stealing 137,000 staff records via Infinite Campus and FulcrumSec paralyzing Global Schools Foundation. The incidents reveal a shift in cybercriminal focus toward low-defence, high-value academic data repositories.
The education technology sector is under siege after ShinyHunters breached Infinite Campus, exposing 137,000 staff accounts and potentially impacting 11 million students. New attacks on colleges and international schools signal a systemic vulnerability that demands immediate action from district leaders and vendors.
Source: Pierluigi Paganini
