Shreya Bhandary reports: For the second day in a row, exams for the distance education wing of the University of Mumbai had to be postponed. In a statement released by the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL), authorities explained that the technical glitches were a result of a cyberattack on the examination server. Close…
Category: Education Sector
Updated: Heartland Community College working with consultants on cybersecurity breach
Lenore Sobota reports: Heartland Community College is working with outside consultants to address a security breach in its computer system. The college’s online operations, including classes, remained shut down on Tuesday morning as a safety measure after the college detected an outside source had compromised some of its systems on Monday, college officials said. Read more on…
FBI investigating after cyberattack targets Wayne County School District
By this point, I’m expecting to read that an attack on a school district is a ransomware attack or a DDoS attack. This is neither. Eddie Robertson reports: A cyberattack against Wayne County School District’s 16th Section Principal Fund Account has resulted in an investigation by the FBI after they were contacted by school officials…
Hackers Steal Swiss University Salaries
Fahad Shabbir reports: As yet unidentifed hackers have managed to steal employee salary payments at several Swiss universities, officials said Sunday. “According to our information, several top schools in Switzerland have been affected,” Martina Weiss, director general of the rectors group of Switzerland’s public universities, told AFP. The hackers used information obtained by phishing — tricking a person into passing on their personal…
To add to woes, school districts now being hit with DDoS attacks
John Hildebrand reports that two Long Island school districts have both recently experienced disruptions in their ability to function and provide virtual learning due to DDoS attacks. The first was Lindenhurst, and now Bay Shore. Both school districts are in Suffolk County.
FL: Students and employees notified of Gulf Coast State College data breach
Gretchen Kernbach reports: Some Gulf Coast State College students and employees received a letter from school officials, dated Sept. 28, about a data breach that took place back between March 31, 2020 and June 3, 2020. The letter said officials learned a hacker accessed several employees’ email accounts. It also states the school launched its…