Terrace Myles reports on some recent pranks, including this one: Labelle Senior High School students managed to send an email addressed to all faculty, staff, and students about a “Mandatory Penis Inspection,” yes you read that correctly. “It was something funny, but at the same time it was something scary,” said Kenneth Carrion, a parent…
Category: Education Sector
Cyber-breach at Greenwich school poses ‘clear and present danger’
Ken Borsuk reports: A recent cyber-breach at the Greenwich Public Schools was significant and presents a “clear and present danger” to the town, a member of the Board of Estimate and Taxation warned Thursday morning. […] Little information has been released about the breach. But Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz confirmed this week that there…
Vendor used by schools to register students for AP and PSAT exams left personal information of thousands students unsecured
A school contractor that provides online registration so students can sign up for AP and PSAT exams misconfigured their cloud storage, exposing students’ and parents’ personal information. A number of school districts or schools contract with a firm in Colorado called Total Registration, who, according to their web site, registered more than 525,000 students from…
Augustana Colleges reports a ransomware attack
Add Augustana College to the list of educational institutions getting hit by ransomware. You can read their notification here, although it’s not clear from the notice whether it was student data, employee data, or both that was on the affected server. Nor is it clear how many people had data on the server in question….
Eanes ISD Parents Outraged Over Tablet Security
Carolos Garcia reports: WEST LAKE HILLS, Texas — Meaghan Edwards keeps a close eye on how much screen time her kids get at home, but after a phone call back in March, she wants to limit screen time at school, too. “You’ve got to come here immediately something terrible has happened. Can you come to…
CT: Middletown schools thwart malware attack
The Middletown Press reports: An end-of-year ransomware attack, which disabled access to critical business systems and applications for Middletown Public Schools, underscored the need to upgrade both perimeter and endpoint security recently. The district operates an enterprise network connecting 14 buildings with a high-speed (1 Gbps) fiber optic network. Over 6,000 users access educational, business…