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…
Category: Education Sector
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…
NY Comptroller Audit: Mount Pleasant Central School District – Information Technology User Accounts (2021M-31)
When, if ever, will there be actual consequences for school districts that still do not practice basic security hygiene? Comptroller DiNapoli has released yet another k-12 district IT audit where the are results so bad that they won’t make them public. From the state’s summary: Audit Objective Determine whether Mount Pleasant Central School District (District)…