It’s gratifying when advocacy efforts have an impact. Last week, this blogger spent a good amount of time talking with Kathleen Styles, Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Education Department. We discussed the TheDarkOverlord attacks on the education sector and I had urged the Department to try to warn schools how to better protect themselves. I…
Category: Education Sector
UK: University of East Anglia not punished over data breach
BBC reports: A university that mistakenly emailed sensitive personal information about students to hundreds of undergraduates will face no further action. Details of health problems, family bereavements and personal issues were sent by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich to 298 students. The Information Commissioner’s Office said no regulatory action was needed. Read…
Cybercrime Targeting Higher Education: What Needs To Be Done
Sue Smith reports: Logicalis US, an international business IT solution provider, shared important insights this week about how cybercriminals are targeting colleges and universities, plus advice on four ways these institutions can strengthen their cybersecurity programs. Over the past 10 years, we have reported on countless retailers, credit bureaus, insurance companies and other businesses hit…
Cabrillo College issues notice of data breach to 28,000 students
Mary Coleman reports: Thousands of students at Cabrillo college received a notice of a data breach yesterday. Today, Cabrillo Community College tells us that it is addressing a security incident involving personal information of certain students. Cabrillo is notifying the potentially affected individuals to explain the incident, the responsive measures Cabrillo has taken, and steps the…
No holds barred? TheDarkOverlord threatens students with physical violence to send FBI a message to back off
DataBreaches.net has been reporting on TheDarkOverlord (TDO) since they first burst on the scene in June, 2016. Since then, this site has reported on numerous attacks by them on health care entities, financial and business entities, a Hollywood post-production studio, and a defense contractor. Now they have begun to target the education sector, and an official at the…
District investigating data breach at Palo Alto High School
Elena Kadvany reports: The school district said it is investigating a data breach at Palo Alto High School after discovering a “rogue website” Thursday that exposed student names, grade point averages and class ranks. Staff were notified about the website Thursday morning. A screenshot of the website posted by student news outlet The Paly Voice…