Benjamin Herrold reports: The nation’s K-12 schools experienced 122 publicly reported cybersecurity incidents in 2018, more than half of which were caused or carried out by staff or students, and nearly 60 percent resulted in students’ personal data being compromised. And that’s likely just the tip of the iceberg, according to a report released Thursday by…
Category: Education Sector
Laplace Woman Charged with Stealing Federal Student Aid Funds and Identity Theft
From the press release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDRA GRAVES, age 31, was charged on January 31, 2019 in a two-count bill of information with theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641 and identity theft in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section…
Email Attachment Goof Exposed Personal Info of 4,557 Cal Poly Pomona Students
Victoria Gonzalez reports: Human error caused a massive leak of personal information of all active students in the College of Science. On Jan. 29, the campus community was notified via email of the leak. The incident occurred Jan. 28 when a university employee within the Computer Science Department intended to send an email containing advising…
TN: Pellissippi State Community College reveals data breach potentially affecting 222 students
DT staff reports: More than 200 current and former students of Pellissippi State Community College could be in danger of identity theft because an unauthorized user had access to their personal information, the school revealed Monday. Pellissippi State said it had notified 222 people whose information might have be been compromised through an email account…
Hackers targeted universities with phishing attacks
The FBI has published more about a case that was previously reported on this site (the DOJ’s press release at the time can be found here). Today, the FBI wrote: Two men who were citizens of Nigeria, living in Malaysia, and conducting their crimes from behind computers likely assumed they were safe from the reach…
TX: Crosby ISD’s IT system hacked by ransomware virus
Kaila Contreras Crosby ISD officials notified parents and staff that a ransomware virus has infiltrated the district’s IT system. The district’s IT Department discovered the ransomware virus around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. School officials will have no access to technology, including telephone services until the matter is resolved. The IT Department said there is no…