Alex Acquisto reports: The University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare conducted a major reboot of their computer systems early Sunday morning in an effort to end a month-long cyber attack that university officials say is the most substantial cyber intrusion in university history. The unidentified “threat actors” infiltrated Kentucky’s largest university system in early February…
Category: Education Sector
WA: Former Orting schools IT employee charged with computer trespass, malicious mischief
Alexis Krell reports: A former Orting School District IT employee who resigned after being accused of improperly using district money now has been charged with first-degree computer trespass and third-degree malicious mischief. Charging papers filed Monday in Pierce County Superior Court accuse 43-year-old Jason Irvin Rudolph of changing the password to his former wife’s work…
Spartanburg School District 1 hit with ransomware attack
Dustin Wyatt reports: Officials of a Spartanburg County school district didn’t think it was necessary to notify parents when a cyber-attack shut down computer systems for three days last week. […] The ransomware attack hit District 1 schools sometime Wednesday, Feb. 26, shutting off internet connectivity and network access. District spokeswoman Sandra Williams said the…
MO: Judge orders Jefferson City School District to rehire fired administrator
Matthew Sanders Joe McLean report that a court has sided with a former school district employee who had been fired for transferring student files to her personal computer. A judge ruled this week that the Jefferson City School District illegally fired an administrator who transferred work files to her personal computer. Cole County Circuit Judge…
NZ: Cyberattackers hack Wellington school’s computer system
Roxanne Libatique reports: It seems schools also aren’t safe from cyberattackers as Hutt Valley High School has revealed that hackers have targeted its computer system. The school informed the students’ parents about the cyberattack on February 25 – warning that personal data such as family contact details, names, addresses, and students’ records may have been…
MO: Detectives investigate data breach at Jefferson County School District
KMOV reports: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is trying to determine the full extent of a data breach at the Hillsboro R-3 School District, but believe there could end up being dozens of victims. “We applied for search warrants on Friday, executed some search warrants and we were able to take into our custody a…