Devlin Epding reports what the U. of Minnesota has been uncovering about a breach first discovered in July. After investigating a data breach report from August, the University of Minnesota acknowledged Thursday that personal information about students, prospective students and employees across 30 years has been compromised. The U began its investigation after an individual…
Month: September 2023
Ohio Community College Data Theft Breach Affects Nearly 300K
Marianne Kobalsuk McGee reports: An Ohio community college is notifying 290,000 people of a data theft breach this spring that may have compromised their personal, financial and health information. In a breach notification Wednesday, Lakeland Community College did not provide any details on the attack, which occurred between March 7 and March 31, but the…
Attorney General James Reaches Agreement with Marymount Manhattan College to Invest $3.5 Million to Protect Students’ Online Data
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with Marymount Manhattan College (MMC), a private non-profit liberal arts college in New York City, to invest $3.5 million in data security to protect students’ online data. In 2021, MMC suffered a data breach that affected nearly 100,000 New Yorkers who were current…
Crown Point schools 2022 ransomware attack cost $1M to resolve
Adrian Martinez-De la Cruz reports that Crown Point Community School Corp. Superintendent Todd Terrill provided an update on the ransomware attack last November that cost the district about $1 million to resolve. The superintendent said the breach occurred after an employee fell for a phishing attack. The district decided to pay the attackers, and “a payment…
DHS Pushes for Common Cyber Incident Reporting Definitions
Jose Rascon reports: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a new report looking to wrangle the different avenues in which the Federal government and its agencies report cyber incidents in a more ‘reportable’ fashion. The report, titled “Harmonization of Cyber Incident Reporting to the Federal Government” and released on Sept. 19, comes as…
Hackers put over 2 million Pakistanis’ private data for sale after restaurant software breach
Daily Pakistan reports: More than 2 million Pakistani citizens are facing risk of data leak as hackers got access to a private company-made database used by hundreds of restaurants. The incident affected customers who gave their private data to restaurants for a treasure trove of personal information like credit cards, addresses and other bank details….