275 Million Records, One Compromised Platform: What the 2026 Education Sector Breach Tells Us About Data Security

Key Takeaways • In May 2026, attackers stole 275 million records from an education platform — the largest education data breach on record. • Platform-level encryption did not protect the content. Once attackers reach the application layer, data is fully readable. • Paying the ransom for “data destruction” is unverifiable — and not a security […]