Data from the Blackbaud incident continues to dribble in. Marco A. De Felice continues to track the incident as it impacted the education sector and he has another update: UPDATE (3) of 30.04.2021 Total number of people involved 7,975,221 (+66,641) In the update of 30.04.2021, 7 new Institutions affected by the Blackbaud Data Breach are…
Category: Education Sector
OR: Centennial schools to close for 2 days after hackers breach school technology systems
Update of May 6: the district confirmed this as a ransomware attack. Their computers are still offline. Original post: Jayati Ramakrishnan reports: A Portland-area school district has canceled Tuesday and Wednesday classes as staffers work to fix a ransomware attack that may have affected the district’s technology systems. Centennial School District staff discovered Monday that certain…
NY: Guilderland Central Schools Hit with Malware Attack
Mike Goodwin reports: The Guilderland Central School District is the latest local organization victimized by a malware attack. District officials said the attack was discovered after technical interruptions occurred on Thursday, calling the incident a “cyber attack by a threat actor group which used malware to encrypt certain systems throughout the district.” Read more on…
School Nutrition Vendor Sued for Compromise of 867,209 K-12 Student Records
Linn Freedman of Robinson + Cole writes: PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. (PCS) was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit last week alleging that it discovered a data breach from a hacking attack in December 2019 but failed to notify the affected students until March of 2021. According to the lawsuit, student information was…
NC: Wake Forest University Counseling Center sends errant email to hundreds
Cooper Sullivan reports: On the morning of April 14, the University Counseling Center sent out a feedback survey to 860 email addresses — some students, faculty, staff and 68 accounts unaffiliated with the university — in which the recipient list was unencrypted and visible to all who had access to the email. About 10 minutes…
Pupil hacked into computer and changed their grades after teacher left their password on a note stuck to a laptop – as GCHQ begins cyber security training for school staff
Katie Feehan reports: A pupil hacked into their teacher’s computer to change grades after finding the password on a note stuck to a laptop. The same password was used for access to multiple accounts and the pupil’s hack is among the incidents which prompted GCHQ to offer cyber security training to school staff. After obtaining…