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San Bernardino Community College District notifies students whose personal info was exposed in spreadsheet gaffe

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Dissent

Errors involving spread sheets continue to contribute to breaches.  Consider this description in a notification from San Bernardino Community College District – Crafton Hills College Campus. The breach occurred on October 25: What HappenedWe recently learned that a District employee inadvertently sent a spreadsheet containing certain individuals’ information to a community college distribution list. Although the…

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ME: School department officials notify current and former staff of hack

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Dissent

WABI reports on a hack impacting employee, but not student, data: Last week, former and current employees of AOS 77 in Washington County were made aware of a data breach in the school department’s central office. The superintendent tells us he sent a letter to about 2,000 people making them aware some of their personal…

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North Korea-linked Hackers Target Academic Institutions

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Dissent

Ionut Arghire reports: A threat group possibly originating from North Korea has been targeting academic institutions since at least May of this year, NetScout’s security researchers reveal. The attackers use spear-phishing emails that link to a website where a lure document attempts to trick users into installing a malicious Google Chrome extension. Following initial compromise,…

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Hackers steal $800,000 from Cape Cod Community College

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Dissent

Laura Krantz reports: Hackers stole more than $800,000 from Cape Cod Community College last week when they infiltrated the school’s bank accounts, the school notified its employees Friday. Several computers in the school’s Nickerson Administration Building were hacked by a phishing scheme that used malware to obtain access to the school’s accounts, according to an…

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Ca: Father says teen, other students had info hacked at Markham District High School

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Dissent

Michelle McQuigge reports: When Kirk Tobias’ daughter logged onto her school’s student portal one morning last month, she was greeted by an ominous note. Under the image of a leering face was a list containing her address, telephone numbers and school-related log-in details, accompanied by a threat of further contact from what appeared to be…

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IL: Student’s DDoS attack targeted Mount Zion school district network 3 times, police say

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Dissent

Donnette Beckett and Tony Reid report: Police say a student undertook a cyber attack on the Mount Zion School District computer network to sabotage a homework assignment, causing the system to crash. Mount Zion police Lt. Mike Foster said the 18-year-old student launched the attacks using an app on his phone. Foster said the first…

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