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Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in Yorkshire, England in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: [[Pearson]]; their educational publishing and services branch, and [[Pearson Edexcel]]; their examination body. <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! treat this as an early draft! --> | |||
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===Pearson plc data breach (''November 2018'')=== | |||
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In November 2018 Pearson's digital tool "[[aimswebPlus]]", which monitored academic progress of students, was hacked. This leaked student data from 13,000 schools and one million college students.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singer |first=Alan |date=November 14, 2019 |title=Data Breach At Pearson Mis-Education |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307111657/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/14/1899339/-Data-Breech-At-Pearson-Mis-Education |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2025 |work=Daily Kos}}</ref> Pearson's wasn't informed about this until March 2019 after an FBI Investigation, and only made a public statement about it months later in July 2019. In the since deleted statement<ref>{{Cite web |last=Overland |first=Scott |date=July 31, 2019 |title=Pearson customer notification |url=https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429054944/https://www.pearson.com/news-and-research/announcements/2019/07/pearson-customer-notification.html |archive-date=April 29, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2025 |website=Pearson.com}}</ref> Pearson's Scott Overland said "The exposed data was isolated to first name, last name, and in some instances may include date of birth and/or email address." <!-- ᓚᘏᗢ < hi! sf here! this is a WIP! --> | |||
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Pearson Inc. is a global Education conglomerate founded in Yorkshire, England in 1844 by Samuel Pearson. It is known for creating and distributing textbooks, digital educational platforms, citations, and other academic resources and services. It has 2 subsidiaries: Pearson; their educational publishing and services branch, and Pearson Edexcel; their examination body.
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Incidents[edit | edit source]
Pearson plc data breach (November 2018)[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Pearson plc November 2018 Data Breach
In November 2018 Pearson's digital tool "aimswebPlus", which monitored academic progress of students, was hacked. This leaked student data from 13,000 schools and one million college students.[1] Pearson's wasn't informed about this until March 2019 after an FBI Investigation, and only made a public statement about it months later in July 2019. In the since deleted statement[2] Pearson's Scott Overland said "The exposed data was isolated to first name, last name, and in some instances may include date of birth and/or email address."
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- ↑ Singer, Alan (November 14, 2019). "Data Breach At Pearson Mis-Education". Daily Kos. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ↑ Overland, Scott (July 31, 2019). "Pearson customer notification". Pearson.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2025.