Lyncourt Union Free School District – Information Technology (Onondaga County) District officials did not adequately manage network user accounts or develop and adopt a written disaster recovery plan. As a result, the district has an increased risk that it could lose important data and suffer serious interruption in operations. District officials should have disabled 17…
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NY: Syracuse University email hack compromises personal info of 9,800
Michael Sessa reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 9,800 Syracuse University students, alumni and applicants have been exposed after someone gained unauthorized access to an employee’s email account. The university has sent letters to affected students, alerting them that the university had investigated a data security breach involving some of their personal information….
NY: Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos of Dozens of Victims
A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his hacking of online social media accounts and theft of nude images of dozens of female victims. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting U.S. Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon of the Northern District of New York, Special Agent…
The Blackbaud ransomware breach — impact on school clients
In July, 2020, cloud software firm Blackbaud announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack that began in February of 2020 and continued until Blackbaud was able to kick the attackers out of their system in May. In order to try to protect their clients from having personal and sensitive information on…
WI: Shorewood School District mistakenly releases student info while responding to records request
Mary Jo Ola reports: The Shorewood School District mistakenly released students’ personal information while responding to an open records request. TMJ4 News learned a parent made the request to see results of the district survey and was surprised to see personal information was not redacted. Read more on TMJ4.
OH: Baldwin Wallace University target of cyber attack
WJW reports: Classes have resumed at Baldwin Wallace University after a cyber attack affected the university last Friday, canceling classes and closing their offices. The university has worked with the FBI and cybersecurity experts to restore their network and systems. Read more on Fox8. There is no statement currently on the university’s web site to explain what…