Questar Assessment, who has been named in about half a dozen posts on this site in 2018 already, makes the news again, it seems. Now Kayleigh Skinner reports: The Mississippi Department of Education says local school districts are receiving student tests scores later than expected because the testing vendor didn’t submit them on time. On…
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CA: Teen who phished his school district: “It was like stealing candy from a baby”
Lisa Amin Gulezian reports: The grading system at Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord was hacked by a 16-year-old sophomore. That student has been suspended. He spoke to ABC7 News about how and why he did it. Surveillance video shows the moment armed officers and the secret service broke down the door to David Rotaro’s home. The…
Fredericksburg school system employee falls for phishing attack….. with predictable results
Cathy Jett reports: Hackers phishing for sensitive information faked an email from a regional organization to break into the Fredericksburg school system’s electronic mail and file system last month. The April 24 intrusion was caught the following day, but not before hackers accessed 14 school employees’ emails and one school employee’s files, according to a…
UK school’s email gaffe exposed really sensitive information
If you are going to make an email gaffe, hope it is not be as bad as this one – or better yet, take proactive steps to make sure that it is not as bad as this one. Gemma Mitchell reports: Bosses at Stowupland High School have apologised after an email meant for staff was…
Superintendent sheds more light on system breach
The Leominster schools superintendent revealed more details about the recent ransomware attack that resulted in them paying a $10,000 ransom to get a decryption key from the attackers. Peter Jasinski reports: …. According to Deacon, the attack, which took place on the night of April 14, had affected 25 computer systems, 13 servers, and 11…
MO: Global University notifies students whose information was exposed by misconfigured database
From their press release: Global University (“Global”) is providing notice to current and former students of a recent event involving the potential exposure of certain personal information. To date, Global has not received any reports that the information has been misused. What Happened? On February 1, 2018, Global learned of the potential exposure of certain…