Joie Tyrrell reports: The Rockville Centre school district paid almost $100,000 to restore its data after being hacked with a ransomware virus that encrypted files on the system’s server until payment was made to unlock the information, officials said Friday. The Nassau County district was among several statewide targeted by a ransomware virus that encrypts…
Category: Education Sector
Arizona State University accidentally reveals email addresses of 4,000 students in HIPAA breach
3TV reports: Arizona State University has notified 4,000 students that their email addresses “were accidentally revealed” in a large data breach. ASU told the students on Aug. 16 it happened in late July when a university office sent bulk emails about renewing health insurance coverage without masking the identities of the recipients. Read more on…
Cyberattacks targeting post-secondary students on the rise, but most not taking sufficient steps to protect their data
Nicole Bogart reports: Cyberattacks targeting post-secondary students are becoming increasingly common, but new research shows only 15 per cent of Canadian students have taken extra steps to protect their online data. According to research from cybersecurity firm McAfee, publically disclosed cyberattacks targeting the education sector increased 50 per cent year-over-year in the first quarter of…
NU faces ‘very real’ cyber threat: 9.94 million attacks blocked daily
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…
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…