From the Office of NYS Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli: North Salem Central School District – Audit Follow-Up (2022M-140-F) Issued Date September 26, 2025 [read complete report – pdf] | [read complete 2022 report – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to assess the North Salem Central School District’s (District’s) progress, as of May…
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University of Pennsylvania says it wasn’t hacked after a vulgar email was sent to campus community. They were wrong (1)
Update: And this, kids, is why we always say entities shouldn’t rush to claim they weren’t hacked. Bleeping Computer was able to validate some of the hackers’ claims. See their report, Penn hacker claims to have stolen 1.2 million donor records in data breach. Original report below the separator. Frederick Sutton Sinclair of CBS reports: The…
In a few days, the PowerSchool hacker will learn his sentence, and his life as he has known it will end. (1)1)
In November 2021, when “g0retrance” defaced the website of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) with a message saying “PWNED,” the hacker, who also used the moniker “netsaosa,” left a message under it “should have listened to my emails instead of ignoring me … don’t worry, this is harmless. just to get ur attention :)” Boston.com…
U.K.: Two arrested over cyber attack which stole thousands of nursery children’s data (1)
There’s been an arrest in the Kido school cyberattack incident. itvX reports: Two people have been arrested after hackers stole information about thousands of children from a nursery chain. Two men aged 17 and 22 were arrested in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail, the Metropolitan Police said. They remain in…
PowerSchool hit by Salesloft Drift campaign, but hackers claim that there is no risk of harm or ransom
As noted on Reddit, PowerSchool appears to have been one of many victims of the Salesloft Drift/Salesforce campaign by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters. Like many other victims, PowerSchool did not disclose the incident publicly, but they did, however, post a notice in their closed users group. The notice was removed shortly thereafter, and several people have…
When it rains, it pours? Kido had a second incident to address
DataBreaches did not mention this publicly sooner because Kido was already under great pressure due to the breach involving children’s personal information and photos. But now that many people are feeling some relief that the hackers have supposedly deleted all the data and won’t be calling parents any more, DataBreaches can reveal that on Monday,…