Jeanette Boner reports: The Teton School District Board met in an executive session for two and half hours this morning to discuss the ongoing investigation stemming from last week’s revelation that more than $784,000 was paid out to fraudulent account. Read more on Teton Valley News. So if you read the prior coverage, too, it appears…
Category: Education Sector
IL: Ousted Ogden Principal Exposed Private Student Info in New Data Breach
Matt Masterson reports: Chicago Public Schools officials this week confirmed confidential student information has been improperly disclosed in yet another data breach, this time involving the recently removed principal of Ogden Elementary School. CPS Chief Education Officer LaTanya McDade informed Ogden parents in a letter Thursday that former principal Michael Beyer improperly shared a Google…
UT: Westminster College notifies individuals following phishing attack
Earlier today, I reported that the College of Eastern Idaho was notifying people of a breach after four employees fell prey to a phishing attack. Now here we are, a few hours later, and I’m reporting that Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah is notifying people after eleven of their employees fell prey to phishing attacks. Although the…
Another day, another EDU sector breach as employees continue to fall for phishing attacks
From a notification template submitted by the College of Eastern Idaho to the Montana Attorney General’s Office: College of Eastern Idaho (“CEI”), formerly Eastern Idaho Technical College, recently discovered an incident that may affect the security of your personal information. We write to provide you with information about the incident, steps we are taking in…
Data Breach Might Impact 500,000 San Diego Unified School District Students, Former Students, and Some Staff
Steven Luke and R. Stickney report: San Diego Unified School District officials are informing parents and former students of a large data breach. Personal data including Social Security numbers from as many as 500,000 students was compromised or possibly stolen, officials say. The breach dating back to January 2018 was uncovered in October by district IT employees who…
Man pleads guilty to phishing scheme that victimized Connecticut school employees
A 36-year-old Nigerian citizen pleaded guilty Thursday before a federal judge to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to obtain the personal identifying information of school employees, including some at Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden. Olukayode Ibrahim Lawal, last living in Smyrna, Georgia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New…