This article by Rick Ruggles about the University of Nebraska’s security challenges may give some readers a better understanding of what happens on a daily basis. Here are some snippets: … the number of attacks on systems is shocking. He said NU’s information security efforts block 9.94 million attacks daily. Many of those are automatically…
Category: Education Sector
CA: Malware attack targets San Dieguito Union High School District
Matt Boone reports: A North County school district said it was hacked last week, forcing them to shut down parts of their network during registration week. The San Dieguito Union High School District sent out an email to parents on Thursday alerting them to “an attempted malware attack” on August 9. Read more on 10News….
Cincinnati Public School students’ busing info, including pickup spots, inadvertently released to wrong recipients
Max Londberg reports: Cincinnati Public Schools inadvertently released busing information, such as students’ names and their pickup and drop-off locations, to the wrong recipients. The district planned to disseminate about 7,000 students’ information Thursday as a reminder to families as the first day of school approaches. But the district’s internal email system sent an unknown…
AZ: Camp Verde Unified School District hit with ransomware attack as school year starts
Jon Hecht reports: Camp Verde Unified School District had its first day on Monday, Aug. 5. In addition to the usual stress and confusion that can come with new students and a new school year, the district was plagued with a much more serious difficulty — their computer systems had been hacked. On Friday, July…
18,000 Valley View 365U students affected by Pearson breach
Add 18,000 Valley View District 365U students to those affected by the Pearson data breach. Read more on The Herald-News. The following notice is posted on the district’s web site: Notice to VVSD Community Regarding Pearson Clinical Assessment Data Breach VVSD Discontinued Use of Pearson Product in 2016 Valley View Public School District was recently…
Data breach exposes personal information of 18,500 Bismarck Public Schools students
Blair Emerson reports: About 18,500 current and former Bismarck Public Schools students had some of their personal information exposed in a data breach at a company that provides a universal screening tool to the district. Okay, we can add them to any list. From looking at Bismarck’s August 12 parent letter, posted on their web…