Lindsay McKenzie reports: Just four months before she was due to graduate, Tiffany Filler was expelled from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Leaders at Tufts say Filler hacked into university systems and changed her grades. Filler says she has proof she didn’t do it. Tufts is standing by its decision. But…
Category: Education Sector
St. Louis Community College’s data breach has students concerned
Jasmine Payoute reports: A data breach at St. Louis Community College has one student searching for some accountability after they released the personal information of nearly 4,000 students. “It’s just very frustrating of how our information was given out twice, I mean where’s the security at,” said a student who asked not to be identified….
Everywhere you look, it seems schools are struggling with malware
Two more reports in my inbox, thanks to Russy: MA: Lynn Public Schools internet shut down due to virus: A widespread computer virus has shut down the internet in Lynn Public Schools until further notice. Yesterday, the administration was made aware of the virus at Lynn Classical, Lynn English, and a few of the elementary…
NJ: Teens hacked school computers to change grades, but they failed
Olivia Rizzo reports: Several high school students are in hot water after they were able to log into their schools’ computer systems to change grades and attendance records. A letter was sent out Wednesday to parents of high school students in the Elizabeth Public School system informing them of the data breach. “Unfortunately, a number…
OH: 13-year-old student accused of hacking teacher’s account, making hit list of fellow students
WSYX/WTTE reports: A 13-year-old student at the Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys is under investigation after he reportedly used a teacher’s credentials to get into the district’s system, created a website with information about his fellow students, and made threats. Columbus Police say they received a report on March 15th that the student had…
Student information: Mississippi reaches agreement with Questar over data breach
Bill Moak reports that Questar, a testing and assessment vendor, has settled charges by the Mississippi state attorney general in the wake of a 2018 breach that affected hundreds of students in Mississippi and other states. Moak reports: In its Assurance of Voluntary Cooperation, Questar agreed to a number of actions: Compliance with the Mississippi…