Saphara Harrell reports: A ransomware attack targeted Roseburg Public Schools Monday morning, blocking access to the district’s email, website and software, school officials said. Superintendent Gerry Washburn said IT personnel are working to restore encrypted files that were affected by a computer ransomware attack. Washburn said the district took steps to “neutralize” the attack and said…
Month: May 2018
Halifax police won’t charge teen arrested in Nova Scotia privacy breach
CBC News reports: Halifax Regional Police say they won’t be charging a 19-year-old man arrested last month for downloading files from Nova Scotia’s freedom-of-information portal. Spokesperson Neera Ritcey said in an email Monday that after a thorough investigation, police determined there were no grounds to lay a charge of unauthorized use of a computer against the teen….
Vector’s legal action against Stuff for data leak could be settled
Stuff reports: Vector and Stuff may reach an agreement outside of court after some of Vector’s customer data was revealed as a result of a data breach. Last week, Stuff revealed that a glitch in an app designed by Vector meant the names, email addresses, physical location and phone numbers of customers who used the app were visible…
The Scariest Data Breach So Far This Year
Ward PLLC begins their article: I could do a blog exclusively on data breaches because they happen so frequently that I’d never run out of material. Wait. Isn’t that what I already do? Okay, let’s continue… On April 19th, the Supreme Court of India’s website was hacked, apparently by “HighTech Brazil Hackteam.” I imagine that they’re either…
Greek, Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks amid worsened relations
DW reports: The Greek Foreign Ministry’s reaction on Thursday appeared almost routine: “Cyberattacks are being neutralized immediately by the responsible authorities. At no time has the Ministry’s website been disabled,” the terse message said. What had happened? The day before, the Turkish hacker group Akincilar (“Invaders”) had targeted the foreign ministry’s website, as well as publishing…
Alabama investigates grade changes at local high school
Cody Long reports: The Alabama Board of Education and Escambia County Board of Education are investigating after school administrators found discrepancies in students’ grade reports in East Brewton. Escambia County Superintendent John Knott confirms there were changes to students’ grades at W.S. Neal High School. The discrepancies were discovered when the school was finalizing the…