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…
Category: Education Sector
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: 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…
CT: Hackers Target Weston Students In Phishing Scheme
Zak Failla reports: Hackers have targeted students at a Fairfield County High School in a recent phishing scheme that came to light. Several students have received questionable emails that stated their accounts had been hacked. In reality, the accounts were fine and the messages were phishing emails by opportunistic scammers. Read more on Westport Weston…
Following flood of spam emails, more than 1,000 student accounts temporarily disabled
Samantha Kizner reports: Over 1,000 Boston University students were forced to change their account passwords after BU servers were flooded with spam emails from student accounts in late September, university officials said. The spam is believed to be a result of a 2018 breach of the educational site Chegg. [..] Over 1,000 Boston University students…
MN: Blue Earth to replace gym floor after cybersecurity attack
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…