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Data Breach Affects Wallingford Students

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Dissent

A bit more detail on an earlier report. Thanks to Doug Levin for keeping a sharp eye out for updates on this one. Rich Scinto reports: A third-party security breach exposed the personal information of some Wallingford students. Pearson Clinical Assessment notified the school district that names, dates of birth and email addresses were exposed…

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AU: More than 100,000 UWA students’ data may be compromised after laptop thefts

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Dissent

Bethany Hiatt reports: More than 100,000 former University of WA students were today alerted their personal data may have been compromised after thieves stole 20 laptops from an administration building. The message from vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater said the password-protected laptops were stolen in late June and police had been investigating since then. Read more on…

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CT: Schools Targeted by Hackers

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Dissent

Kristen Johnson reports: Three Connecticut schools have been targeted by ransomware attacks. In two of the cases student and staff information was accessed, though officials in those districts say there is no evidence that it was misused. Read more on NBC.

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New Haven Public Schools hit by ransomware attack

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Dissent

Brian Zahn reports: The New Haven Public School district was hit by a recent ransomware attack, an official confirmed Wednesday. NHPS COO Mike Pinto said the district had “restored all critical functions” to its computers by Wednesday morning, but would not divulge details on what functions or files, if any, were still compromised. Read more…

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TN: Data breach of vendor puts personal info of TN high school students at risk

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Dissent

Carley Gordon reports: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is currently investigating a possible data breach of a 3rd party vendor, that potentially has exposed personal information of thousands of public school students across Tennessee. The Commission is a state organization focused on assisting high school seniors in every element of accessing higher education. The Tennessee Higher…

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UK: Lancaster University students’ data stolen in phishing attack (Updated with arrest)

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Dissent

Updated statement on Lancaster University cyber incident by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA): A 25-year old man from Bradford has been arrested on suspicion of committing Computer Misuse Act (CMA) and fraud offences, following the recent cyber incident affecting Lancaster University. Officers from the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) arrested the man on…

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