2002-2003 First Higher Education cyber attacks

Higher Education cyber attacks are actually not something new. One of the first attack in this sector that we managed to find dates back to 2002 and is an example of an espionage case. Malefactors from Princeton University hacked into Yale’s system to get the information on the admission decisions. 

In 2003, there was also a couple of attacks that were said to target personal information of the students and staff members – and in the future, this trend will become a leading feature of the attacks in this field.