That headline is a bit of a head-scratcher, isn’t it? Katie Mulllaly explains: Blue Earth Area High School is looking to replace its gymnasium floor in the wake of a Sept. 19 cyberattack at the school. The attack left the floor susceptible to humidity, damaging it. At the school board meeting this week, Superintendent Mandy…
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UK: Bolton school pupils’ personal details lost after data breach
Joseph Timan reports: Personal data identifying hundreds of children’s names, addresses and schools have been “misplaced”. The missing document is believed to reveal the personal details of all Year 7 pupils in two secondary schools. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has launched an internal investigation after the school nursing team lost a list of 425 pupils’…
3,000 Kent State student emails hacked
Aidan Coyne reports: On Sept. 19 Kent State announced over 3,000 student emails had been hacked the week before. According to Robert Eckman of Kent State’s IT department, the breach was a result of credential harvesting. […] According to Eckman there were two Credential Harvesting incidents that led to this breach, one on 9/22-23 and…
Pitt public health school apologizes for data release
Bill Schackner reports: An administrator in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health who was notifying seven students of balances due accidentally emailed them a spreadsheet attachment with balance information for them and 31 other students, officials said Friday. Read more on The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Hundreds of Greater Manchester children’s details lost in data breach
BBC reports: Personal data identifying hundreds of children’s names, addresses and schools has been “misplaced”, prompting an inquiry at a hospital trust. A missing document contains the details of all Year 7 pupils in two Greater Manchester secondary schools. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has launched an internal investigation after the school nursing team lost the…
WA: Tukwila School District victim of a phishing scam
KING5 News reports: The Tukwila School District is the apparent victim of a “phishing scam,” district officials said in a statement Tuesday. “We are not at liberty to reveal additional information at this time but are working closely with proper authorities,” the statement read. Read more on KING5.