Jason Schwent and Melissa Ventrone of Thompson Coburn LLP write: Since being appointed in April of 2015, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has consistently made cybersecurity a priority for her office. Ms. Galloway has focused on cybersecurity throughout all components of Missouri government, whether reviewing the security of the State’s vital records, auditing the case and…
Category: Education Sector
Ca: Data security breach at Campbell River high school prompts warning
Mike Davies reports: The Campbell River School District has sent out a warning to parents and guardians of Timberline Secondary students that some of their personal information was left unsecured on a school server and could possibly have been “inappropriately accessed.” District Secretary-Treasurer Kevin Patrick says the file in question contained “some student names, identification,…
Ca: More than 800 people notified about possible server breach at School District 52
Shannon Lough reports: Unusual activity on the school district’s server raised a red flag, and more than 800 notifications were sent to people who may have been affected by a privacy breach. In May, there were report of 45,000 cyberattacks in 74 countries disrupting services in hospitals, telecommunications businesses and possibly even the school district…
Former Miami-Dade Students Suing School Board Over Publishing Of Private Info
CBS Miami reports: Two former Miami-Dade school students claim the Miami-Dade County School Board was reckless and negligent for publishing students’ private information on the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) website. The students said a simple internet search of their names brings up all sorts of private info. Information such as social security number, developmental…
U.S Department of Education looking into security breach at OU
Now THIS really surprises me. Robyn Craig reports: The U.S. Department of Education will become involved with [Oklahoma University] regarding the recent security breach, which released thousands of students’ personal information. The breach, which violated federal law, resulted in the release of student information, including student financial information. Therefore, the U.S. Department of Education is…
Personal info of hundreds of thousands of students targeted in schools hack attack
Kyra Gurney reports: Two months before the U.S. presidential election, international hackers slipped into the computer systems of at least four Florida school district networks in the hopes of stealing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of students. They infected the systems with malware — malicious software — that turned off the logs recording…