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Riverside student accused of hacking school computer, changing grades

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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GA: Hackers gain access to D-428 students’ names, birthdates through third-party platform breach

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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More than 24,000 Greenville County schools students, alumni impacted by data breach

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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Nigerian National Involved in Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Dissent

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STANLEY HUGOCHUKWU NWOKE, also known as “Stanley Banks,” “Banks,” “Hugo Banks,” “Banky,” and “Jose Calderon,” 28, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment for his role in…

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U.S. indicts three over alleged phishing campaign targeting universities, businesses

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Dissent

Bradley Barth reports: The Department of Justice has indicted two Americans and a Nigerian on multiple charges for their alleged roles in a phishing scheme that targeted college employees, banks and other businesses from May 2013 through June 2014. Filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Mexico, the indictment identifies the defendants as…

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NV: CCSD says data breach has exposed student, staff information

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Dissent

Ricardo Torres-Cortez reports: Names and “in some instances” dates of birth of more than 550,000 former and current Clark County School District students were compromised in a data security incident. The snafu occurred with a clinical assessment program — also known as AIMSweb — which was contracted by CCSD through the Pearson vendor, said the…

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