From the-kids-are-trying-get-your-attention dept., ANI reports: Hackers tampered with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website ‘www.president.gov.lk’ on two consecutive days. The first attack occurred on Thursday evening, when hackers hijacked the site and posted a message in Sinhala, reports the Lanka Page. The message, which was posted under the name “The Sri Lankan Youth,” made…
Month: August 2016
Lewis-Palmer School District tries to downplay vulnerability and chill a concerned parent’s speech
Back in May and then again in July, I noted several articles about Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in Colorado. A parent had raised concerns about whether the Infinite Campus platform might have compromised more than 2,000 students’ personal and academic information. The parent also alleged that the district had known about the problem since September…
Ca: Data theft leads to four-year jail term
The Barrie Examiner reports: On March 13, 2013, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a stolen motor vehicle northbound on the 400 Highway at Mapleview Drive in Barrie. Two males were arrested and charged. Further investigation lead to 2,500 counterfeit and stolen credit numbers, counterfeit Ontario Driver licenses and a template to manufacture…
America’s Schools Have A Big Cybersecurity Problem
Jason Glassberg of Casaba Security writes: With the 2016-2017 school year already underway, it’s time to draw attention to an ongoing and very serious problem facing the US education system: our schools are ill-equipped to face the mounting threats posed by hackers. While the education system isn’t the worst US industry in terms of cybersecurity,…
FBI raids home of ex-College Board official in probe of SAT leak
Renee Dudley and John Shiffman report: Federal agents searched the home of a former employee-turned-outspoken critic of the College Board, the standardized testing giant, as part of an investigation into the breach of hundreds of questions from the SAT college entrance exam. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized computers and other material on Friday from…
German Man Behind IRC-Controlled WordPress Botnet
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A German man is most likely behind a series of compromised WordPress websites that are linked together into a botnet and controlled with the help of a hidden IRC channel. It’s currently unknown how these sites are being compromised. According to WordFence, a vendor of security products for WordPress, the hacker works…