Over 200,000 Students Data Leaked in Cyberattack

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The personal information of approximately 280,000 students was leaked last week in a cyberattack that targeted the AcadeME company, which serves a variety of colleges and institutions across Israel. Hundreds of thousands of students use AcadeME to get jobs at thousands of companies. 

On June 20, a pro-Palestinian Malaysian hacker group known as “DragonForce” claimed that it hacked into AcadeME and stated in a Telegram message, “THE LARGEST AND MOST ADVANCED STUDENT AND GRADUATE RECRUITMENT NETWORK IN ISRAEL Hacked By DragonForce Malaysia.” 

According to the group, emails, passwords, first and last names, addresses, and even phone numbers of students who were enrolled on AcadeME were leaked. Screenshots of code, server addresses, and a table with email addresses and names were all targeted by DragonForce. 

According to May Brooks-Kempler of the Think Safe Cyber Facebook group, the hackers exposed the information of roughly 280,000 students who have utilized the site since 2014. 

As of Monday morning, the AcadeME site had been pulled offline and was labeled as “unavailable.” When attempted to visit the site, a notice stated that the site “should be back soon.”