Lok Jian Wen reports: The names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers of 127 primary and secondary schools were leaked after a mobile platform on students’ personal learning devices was hacked, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on April 19. The Mobile Guardian app, which is installed on personal learning devices including Chromebook laptops…
Category: Education Sector
Judge: Clark County schools may have immunity in lawsuit over 2023 cybersecurity breach
There’s an update to litigation against Clark County schools stemming from an attack by SingularityMD last year. Rocio Hernandez reports: A Clark County judge said she’s leaning toward granting the Clark County School District’s (CCSD) motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of parents whose children’s data was leaked in a 2023 cyberattack, but…
K12 SIX Applauds Launch of K-12 Education Cybersecurity Council
On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education—in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—held the kickoff meeting of the Education Facilities Subsector Government Coordinating Council (GCC), designed to facilitate formal, ongoing collaboration between all levels of government and the education sector on issues of K-12 cybersecurity risk management. Organized in response…
TCAPS Hacked? School Cancelled on Monday for Students at Traverse City Area Public Schools
J.P. Isbell reports: The students who go to Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) will have an extra day (or two) to celebrate spring break – but not for a good reason. And it’s no joke, even though it’s April Fools’ Day soon. Phone calls and emails went out on Saturday evening regarding what TCAPS…
What Austin ISD said led to student information being released to non-guardians
Johann Castro reports: Some Austin ISD students mistakenly had their records released to people who weren’t their parents or legal guardians. According to a report from KVUE’s media partners at the Austin American-Statesman, documents revealed that a special education database vendor mistakenly released the private information for about 160 Austin students in December. The report…
Scranton School District hit by cyber attack
Sarah Hofius Hall reports: The Scranton School District is the target of a ransomware attack, the acting superintendent confirmed Friday. Third-party forensic specialists are investigating the source of the incident and the impact on district systems and will “restore full functionality to the system as soon as possible,” according to the statement from Acting Superintendent…