NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released an audit of the North Tonawanda City School District. Summary: Issued Date: November 03, 2023< [Read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether North Tonawanda City School District (District) officials properly secured user account access to the network and managed user account permissions in financial and student information…
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NYS Comptroller Audit: Brentwood Union Free School District – Information Technology (2023M-83)
NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released an audit of the Brentwood Union Free School District on Long Island. Summary: Issued Date: November 03, 2023 [Read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Brentwood Union Free School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and officials ensured computerized data was safeguarded by monitoring network user…
PA: Great Valley School District Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
As DataBreaches noted yesterday on infosec.exchange, the Medusa ransomware gang claims to have hit Great Valley School District in Pennsylvania. They provide a filetree showing a lot of Skyward, Canvas, PowerSchool, and other internal files, as well as 20+ screencaps of student info and employee info files to support their claim. They are demanding $600k…
MT: Personal information of 900 Butte School District employees compromised in cyberattack
John Emeigh reports: Personal information, including social security numbers, was compromised in a cyberattack on the Butte School District that directly impacted more than 900 school district employees. Butte School Superintendent Judy Jonart said employees have been offered 12 months of free credit monitoring protection. […] School officials first noticed the district’s computer system was…
A cyberattack hit thousands of people in Louisiana. They’re still in the dark months later. (2)
Stephen Marcantel reports: It was early August when teacher Heather Vidrine first heard about a cyberattack on her former school district in St. Landry Parish, but she didn’t think much about it — even after her Facebook got hacked. Now, she’s left to wonder whether the two are connected. Her Social Security number and other…
From ransomware to attacks on vendors, school districts face multiple threats
Shirley Bilye provides an update on a ransomware attack affecting an Illinois school district: Meredosia-Chambersburg school district has been able to get most of its computer system back online after a cyberattack tried to hijack the network. Earlier this month, staff members started having problems using their computers. The screens eventually went black and the…