Christopher Harris reports: Australia’s top cyber safety boss has warned that strangers can directly contact students via a privacy glitch in education software, which is available to every public school student in NSW. The loophole allows predators to verify a student’s email using Google Hangouts and then contact them directly or by sharing a Google…
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AU: Top cyber security agency to brief universities
Shannon Jenkins reports: Australia’s vice-chancellors will receive a high-level cyber security briefing from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). The briefing will update universities on the latest security risks and ways to bolster their cyber security. Universities must have stronger defences in place, according to the Minister for Education, Dan Tehan. Read more on The Mandarin….
Broken Arrow Schools Victim Of Ransomware Attack
Justin Shrair reports: Broken Arrow Public Schools network and servers have been hit by ransomware. The district said they have contacted the FBI and that cyber security experts are working to try and fix the issue. An investigation is underway to try and figure out who sent the ransomware. Read more on News6.
Riverside student accused of hacking school computer, changing grades
Brian Rokos reports: A 15-year-old high school student could face a felony charge after he tricked teachers into providing their computer login information and then changed grades — his for the better and others’ for the worse — according to Riverside police. The ruse, known as “spearphishing,” is increasingly common, said the investigator on the…
GA: Hackers gain access to D-428 students’ names, birthdates through third-party platform breach
Kelsey Rettke reports: DeKALB – The first and last names and birthdates of DeKalb School District 428 students were accessed by a hacker after a data breach on a web platform operated by Pearson Clinical Assessment, a performance assessment tool used by educators around the globe, district Superintendent Jaime Craven said Friday. Read more on…
More than 24,000 Greenville County schools students, alumni impacted by data breach
Conor Hughes and Donna Isbell Walker report: The names and birth dates of more than 24,000 current and former students of the Greenville County school district were exposed by a data breach, according to a statement from the district. Students born between 2004 and 2011 who attended kindergarten in the district between 2012 and 2017…