Cristin Schmitz reports: The University of Windsor’s law school has notified the hundreds of current JD applicants that their confidential information has erroneously been disclosed, including names, gender, birthdates, “Aboriginal status,” GPA and LSAT scores, as well as the applicants’ “admit value” — a numerical rating by law faculty assessors. According to recent e-mails sent…
Category: Education Sector
Tupelo schools impacted by Questar data breach
Daily Journal reports: The Mississippi Education Department’s assessment vendor, Questar Assessment, Inc., reported today that 562 students in the Tupelo Public School District were impacted by the data breach the company discovered last week. Questar’s preliminary analysis found that an unauthorized user viewed student assessment records between Dec. 31, 2017 and Jan. 1 from Tupelo…
Monticello Central School District notifying almost 2,600 of phishing attack last year
When I saw that Monticello Central School District in New York had submitted a breach notification to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office and it mentioned phishing, I thought we might have our very first W-2 phishing incident of 2018. But no, it seems that the school district is reporting a phishing incident that they believe…
Idaho school works to recover data weeks after cyberattack
Julie Wootton-Greener reports that Jerome School District in Idaho is still working on recovering from a ransomware attack that they discovered on December 11. Readers may recall that at the time, the ransom amount was the equivalent of USD $65,000 and the district decided not to pay it as they felt they could recover from…
Mississippi student data accessed in Questar testing-vendor breach
Bracey Harris reports: Mississippi education officials were unable to say Friday how many students’ personal information might have been obtained in the wake of a data breach at Questar one of the state’s testing vendors. The Mississippi Department of Education said in a statement Friday that an unauthorized user accessed the information of two districts…
New York State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar
Jan. 18 -State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar The State Education Department’s grades 3-8 assessment vendor, Questar Assessment, Inc., experienced a data breach affecting a small number of students registered for computer-based testing (CBT) in spring 2017, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced today. Questar reported that its preliminary analysis shows 52…