WSB-TV reports: Georgia Tech says more than a million people’s personal information may have been exposed after someone gained “unauthorized access” to a web application. Officials said the breach impacts 1.3 million people, including “some current and former faculty, students, staff and student applicants.” They do not know what information was taken from the system,…
Category: Education Sector
One month later, Taos Municipal Schools District still working to recover from ransomware attack
Jesse Moya has an update on the Taos Municipal Schools District ransomware incident that occurred on February 28. On March 22, we had reported that three weeks later, the district was still working on recovering from the attack. As of March 28, they have continued to make progress, but they have not totally restored everything…
Cyber attack at Isle of Wight primary school — personal data may have been stolen
County Press reports: A potential data leak of personal information has taken place at an Isle of Wight Primary School. Haylands Primary School in Ryde said they had become aware of a malware virus affecting their IT systems on March 18. Upon investigation they realised there had been unauthorised log-ins to the school server. In…
Cyber attack at Newport schools didn’t expose student data
Jim T. Ryan reports: The Newport School District got a first-hand experience with internet security after computers were infected in February with a computer virus that came through email, according to Superintendent Ryan Neuhard. “All agencies are fighting against viruses,” he said, noting that cyber security has become a priority for everyone, including schools, businesses…
Due Process for Alleged Student Hacker?
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…
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….