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Butte School District shuts down computer network after system compromised

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Dissent

John Emeigh reports: The Butte School District was forced to shut down its computer system this week to investigate an unknown breach of the network that serves all the public schools in the city. “All I can say is that we’re still investigating the issue and we do not have any clear information of what…

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Paging regulators to Aisle 4 to look at Pacific Union College’s data security and breach disclosure

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Dissent

On November 8, Pacific Union College in California notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a breach in March 2023 that impacted 56,041 people. Their notification, submitted by external counsel at McDonald Hopkins,  indicates that the breach occurred between March 5 and March 19, 2023 and was discovered on October 9, 2023. That discovery date…

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Ransomware attack under investigation at Pulaski County Public Schools

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Dissent

The district’s Facebook notice on November 7: Dear Pulaski County Public Schools Community: Pulaski County Public Schools has unfortunately become the victim of a cybercriminal attack. On Sunday, we discovered irregularities in our systems. PCPS immediately retained outside experts to launch a forensic investigation and help secure our servers. We now know that this is…

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Hopewell Area School District is yet another victim in the education sector

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Dissent

Marco A. De Felice, aka “Amvinfe,” reports: A new day, a new victim of a cyberattack in the field of education worldwide. This time, it’s the Hopewell Area School District (KG-12), a school district comprising 5 schools (Hopewell High School, Hopewell Memorial Junior High School, Margaret Ross Elementary, Independence Elementary, Hopewell Elementary) located in Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA, U.S., with…

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Hackers give Jeffco Public Schools an extension on their deadline to respond; email parents about the breach (1)

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Dissent

On November 2, DataBreaches reported that the same threat actors that had hacked and exfiltrated data from Clark County School District in Las Vegas had also hit Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado. In communications shared with DataBreaches, “SingularityMD” as the hackers call themselves gave the district until today at 5 pm today to pay them…

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Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Expose Thousands of Sensitive Student Records

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Dissent

Linda Jacobson reports: Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools disclosed tens of thousands of sensitive, confidential student records, apparently by accident, to a parent advocate who has been an outspoken critic of its data privacy record. The documents identify current and former special education students by name and include letter grades, disability status and mental health…

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