The K-12 Cyber Incident Map

1,619 Incidents Between 2016-2022

Maintained as a service to the K-12 community, the K-12 Cyber Incident Map is an interactive visualization of cybersecurity-related incidents reported about U.S. K-12 public schools and districts from 2016 through 2022.** ‘Cyber’ incidents include:

• unauthorized disclosures, breaches or hacks resulting in the disclosure of personal data (purple pins);

• ransomware attacks (yellow pins);

• phishing attacks resulting in the disclosure of personal data (blue pins);

• denial-of-service attacks (green pins); and

• other cyber incidents resulting in school disruptions and unauthorized disclosures (red pins).

**NOTE: The K-12 Cyber Incident Map is now on an annual (calendar year) update cycle, in parallel with the preparation and Q1 release of our annual ‘State of K-12 Cybersecurity’ analysis/trends report. As a benefit of membership, K12 SIX members are exclusively provided weekly updates on new K-12 incidents that will appear on the Map in future updates. For K-12 leaders looking to avoid and/or mitigate common K-12 cyber incidents, the K12 SIX Essentials Series - developed by K-12 IT leaders, for K-12 IT leaders - offers advice on pragmatic, actionable K-12 cybersecurity defenses and incident response resources.

Map last updated: 2/13/2023

Is your school district on the Map? Access the K-12 Cyber Incident Database Lookup Tool to find out. Have a question or incident to report? Contact us.