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Category: Education Sector

TheDarkOverlord v2.0: now with threats of physical violence?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Dissent

You may have never heard of Flathead Valley in Montana. I’ll admit that I had never heard of it until tonight when I received a tip to go look at a post on their sheriff’s Facebook page.  And that’s when I learned that Flathead County schools had not only been hacked and threatened if they didn’t…

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AU: Somerville House donors warned of data breach

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Dissent

Brisbane Times reports: A prestigious Brisbane private girls’ school will review its security protocols after a data breach involving a former employee. Donors to the Somerville House Foundation, responsible for running the elite South Brisbane school, were warned of the information leak on September 4. Read more on Brisbane Times.

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AU: Hacker steals thousands of student records from WA TAFE

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Dissent

Apologies. I think I missed this one last week. Allie Coyne reported: An attacker has infiltrated the systems of a West Australian TAFE and accessed the sensitive personal details of more than 13,000 students. The unknown attacker gained unauthorised remote access to North Metropolitan TAFE‘s IT system on August 28 and September 5, WA Education minister Sue…

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Sg: Meridian Secondary School’s art competition site hacked

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Dissent

Kelly Ng reports: Hackers broke into a Meridian Secondary School website last month, prompting the school to make a police report. The Young Illustrator Award site, which hosted an online art competition open to primary and secondary school students, was hacked on August 30 and has been taken down, the school said in a media statement on…

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77% of Educational Institutions Are not Prepared for IT Risks, Says Netwrix Survey

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Dissent

I generally don’t put a helluva lot of stock in survey data, but the education sector has been so behind the 8-ball when it comes to data security, that I fear these results are accurate. Netwrix did a survey and here are some of their key findings for the education sector:   More than three…

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Ca: MacEwan University defrauded of nearly $12M in phishing scam

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Dissent

Caley Ramsay reports: MacEwan University said its IT systems are secure after the institution was defrauded of nearly $12 million in a phishing scam compounded by human error. The university learned it was the victim of an attack last Wednesday, Aug. 23 after a series of fraudulent emails “convinced university staff to change electronic banking…

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