Sean Lahman reports: Officials with the Honeoye Falls-Lima school district have acknowledged an illegal intrusion into a computer system that stores students’ grades and other personal information. A spokesperson for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said that the breach began on August 1 when “an unknown suspect was able to hack the Superintendent’s account.” It is…
Category: Education Sector
OKCPS student information system down after ‘denial of service’ attack
Suzelle Santos reports: The Oklahoma City Public School District says it has been affected by a “denial of service” attack on an information system housing their parent portal. According to the school district, an attack on Infinite Campus, one of the largest student information systems in America, is limiting customers’ ability to access their web-hosted…
Hackers selling research phished from universities on WhatsApp
Lisa Vaas reports: Iranian hackers have reportedly breached top British universities – including Oxford and Cambridge – to steal what the Telegraph says are “millions” of papers and academic research documents that they then put up for sale via WhatsApp and websites. The publication reported on Friday that much of the subject matter is bland,…
After one-third of North Dakota schools get hacked by foreign entities, state superintendent addresses attack with cyber security standards
Austin Howard reports: The North Dakota Information Technology Department said there were malware attacks on one-third of North Dakota schools in February 2018. The hackers behind the attacks were from different international locations including North Korea and the malware was downloaded from multiple access points. According to ITD’s Director of Security Sean Wiese, hackers used…
IE: UCD Students’ Union uncovers ‘major data breach’ in Student Leap Cards
This news story appeared on August 30, but I am first seeing it now. Jack Quann reported: The Students’ Union at University College Dublin (UCD) has suspended selling Student Leap Cards, after they say they uncovered that personal information was at risk. The information used in the student version of the card is different to…
Monroe County School District system attacked with GandCrab ransomware
Gwen Filosa reports: The Monroe County School District has been forced to shut down its computer system for nearly three days due to a cyberattack. An employee working on payroll work Sunday noticed some problems with the computer system and put in a request with the district’s IT department, administrators said. The tech team contacted…