KABC reports that as of yesterday, the San Bernardino City Unified School District was still having issues gaining access to its computer network after it was hit in a ransomware attack. A pop-up message was displaying on the district’s website, which stated that student and parent data was secure, school phone lines are working, but…
Category: Education Sector
Blame uni’s lax security for data leak, says UM hacker
There’s more on the University of Malay breach noted yesterday. MalaysiaKini is reporting: MrX’, which claimed to be the hacker who yesterday dumped vast amounts of personal data belonging to University of Malaya (UM) staff, said the varsity is to blame for the data breach due to its lax online security. “Guess who? Security is…
Universiti Malaya: No data compromised in E-Pay portal hack
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…
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audit by an independent firm revealed that the Sunflower County Consolidated School District is operating with some outdated technology that could place the district in a vulnerable position with hackers.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…