I missed this one when it was first published two weeks ago, but apart from the privacy issues involving cyberstalking, it involves a hack of a school district’s information system and a class action lawsuit against the software firm. Kristen Taketa reported: Haley Dinsmore was 12 when a classmate at Earl Warren Middle School asked…
Category: Education Sector
Suspect File updates the Blackbaud incident tally for the education sector
Courtesy of Suspect File, this update to the list of educational entities impacted by the 2020 Blackbaud ransomware incident: UPDATE (5) of 31.07.2021 (June / July 2021) Total number of people involved 7,984,697 (+5,907) In the update of 07/31/2021, 3 new Institutions affected by the Blackbaud Data Breach are added. As of 30.05 2021, the…
Student private information breached in Fairfax County Public Schools
Remember last year and earlier this year when we covered a ransomware attack on Fairfax County Public Schools by Maze that impacted more than 170,000 people? Well, there’s no need to hack when it’s leaking due to human error or failure to adhere to federal law protecting students’ education records. Rick Horner reports: Fairfax County…
PA: Allegheny Intermediate Unit notifying employees, dependents, and vendors about ransomware incident
Update and possible correction: this may be a different breach than the one first reported in February 2020. The post below has been edited to reflect that while I attempt to verify if this was a second incident or not. Yesterday, AIU issued a press release about an incident they say they discovered in January…
Judson ISD’s ransomware nightmare won’t be cheap
Brandon Lingle really laces into Judson ISD over their incident response and transparency in the wake of a June ransomware incident. It appears that the district paid an undisclosed amount of ransom to unidentified threat actors, but it’s not clear what they got for that ransom payment. It was a month before phone and email…
Education Industry at Higher Risk for IT Security Issues Due to Lack of Remote and Hybrid Work Policies
POWAY, Calif., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced findings for the education sector from the Apricorn 2021 Global IT Security Survey. According to the survey, the education industry has a greater risk for cybersecurity breaches and data loss than other industries due to limited IT security…