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Oregon State University reports IT security incident

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Dissent

 Oregon State University announced Thursday that personal information of some students and faculty may have been exposed during a recent IT security incident. A cybercriminal accessed an OSU Ecampus server that contained student and faculty directory information such as email addresses, phone numbers and mailing addresses. No social security numbers were compromised in the incident….

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MA: Somerset Berkley Regional High School a victim of ransomware attack

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Dissent

Herald News Staff reports: Somerset Berkley Regional High School was a victim of a ransom-ware attack, according to a letter sent to parents by Superintendent Jeffrey Schoonover. Oh July 17, some high school computer systems were encrypted, which means they could no longer operate. Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette. h/t, @VERISDB

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OH: Mansfield City Schools: No personal data compromised during cyber attack

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Dissent

Katie Ellington reports:  No “personal information” was accessed during a recent cyber attack on Mansfield City Schools, according to superintendent Stan Jefferson. Jefferson sent a letter to staff and district families Tuesday morning addressing the incident. “We want to assure you that we successfully contained the threat and at no time was any of the…

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Greenville Technical College claims no personal data affected by ransomware incident; threat actors claim otherwise

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Dissent

When threat actors gave Greenville Technical College in South Carolina until September 4 to respond to their ransomware demands, the college didn’t worry. They had decided not to pay because they were able to recover from the attack without paying for a decryption key. But there was a second part to the ransomware attack —…

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CA: Selma Unified hit with ransomware attack

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Dissent

Fox26 News reports: Selma Unified School District says it was hit by hackers. The attack happened overnight locking up some of the systems Friday including the student information system. Read more on Fox26. Note that this is Selma, California, and not Alabama.

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NV: Clark County School District notifies parents after data security incident

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Dissent

AP reports: School officials in Las Vegas notified parents of what administrators termed a “data security incident” involving district computers. The Clark County School District said Thursday the extent of the breach was being evaluated and that distance learning was not affected. Read more on KXNT. The district tweeted a copy of the email it…

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