Angelin Yeoh and Christina Chin report: No data or information was compromised after the Universiti Malaya (UM) E-Pay Cashless Payment and Records portal was hacked, according to the university. The portal, which was inaccessible since late Thursday night after it was defaced with a message that included hashtags #NoRasis and #UndurVC, is expected to be…
Category: Education Sector
MS: Tech audit suggests SCCSD vulnerable to hacking
Recardo Thomas reports: A technology audit by an independent firm revealed that the Sunflower County Consolidated School District is operating with some outdated technology that could place the district in a vulnerable position with hackers. Read more on Enterprise-Tocsin.com if you can. I can’t. 🙂
CA: Lucia Mar employees at risk after data breach
Kasey Bubnash reports: Administrators and tech staff at Lucia Mar Unified School District are cleaning up after confidential employee information was accidentally shared in an email that was sent out to some district staff. At about 1:43 p.m. on Oct. 9, an email regarding open enrollment insurance—and including a file containing sensitive employee information—was sent to…
NYS Comptroller IT audit reports on public school districts reveals concerning lack of security
The NYS Comptroller’s Office released a number of IT audit reports for k-12 public school districts this month. Their findings will come as no surprise to regular readers of this site. Belleville-Henderson Central School District: You can read the complete report here (pdf), although the state omitted sensitive details from the public report that it…
IN: South Knox School Corporation recovers from malware virus
WTOW reports: South Knox School Corporation has restored all servers after being hit by a ransomware virus late Friday afternoon. According to SKSC Superintendent Tim Grove, approximately 50 out of over 400 computers were infected by the virus. Read more on WIBQ.
Montgomery County Public Schools forces password reset after Naviance hacked
Update:Â It was a Maryland student who did it. Brad Shear forwarded a notice he received yesterday concerning a breach impacting students of the Montgomery County Public School District. The cover email, from Luana Zimmerman of college career service Naviance began: Due to a recent data security incident in Naviance that affected one of our…