Case Study: San José Unified School District achieves rapid Mac malware removal and student-data protection with Malwarebytes

San José Unified School District cleans up Mac malware Malwarebytes protects sensitive data on teachers’ MacBook laptops

San José Unified School District, a large Silicon Valley district serving more than 30,000 students across 41 schools, faced a rising wave of malware on teachers’ MacBook laptops. IT staff discovered widespread infections—often from fake Adobe Flash installers and phishing campaigns—that put sensitive student and parent data at risk and even led to email blacklisting.

The district deployed Malwarebytes Incident Response via its mobile device management system and now manages thousands of teacher Macs through a web-based dashboard. Malwarebytes quickly identified and quarantined PUPs and malware across hundreds of systems in minutes, provided instant visibility into connected clients, allowed remote weekly scans and remediation even off the district network, and materially reduced the district’s malware risk.

San José Unified School District

Patrick Scanlan

Supervisor Technology & Data Services