Charles Lussier reports: The top business manager for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system fell for an unsophisticated con, wiring $46,500 to someone who claimed via email to be Superintendent Warren Drake, even though the man himself was working in an office next door. The school system on Thursday disclosed the fraud known as…
Category: Education Sector
Thousands of college email accounts hacked
Lacy Herbert reports: The FBI is warning colleges and universities about cybersecurity concerns for student email accounts. Jonathan Powell was arrested this week, accused of hacking into more than 2,000 emails at two universities and accessing student directories and log-in information at 75 other schools. Authorities say he used password reset tools, stealing students’ personal…
Arizona man arrested for hacking email accounts at universities
Nate Raymond reports: An Arizona man was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he hacked into over 1,000 email accounts for students and others at two universities and tried to do the same at 75 other higher-education institutions throughout the country. Jonathan Powell, a 29-year-old Phoenix resident, was arrested based on a criminal complaint filed…
NZ: Novopay botch up creates security breach for school staff
From Fuseworks Media: Some schools have been sent the full payroll information of other schools this week in what appears to be a significant privacy breach by Novopay, the school payroll service. The principal of Hamilton West School, Mark Penman, says his school was sent a payroll report known as the SUE report, containing the…
PA: Blue Bell man admits tampering with Gwynedd Mercy computer system
On October 17, Kaitlyn Foti reported: A former faculty member of Gwynedd Mercy University was given probation after admitting to harassment by hacking into the school’s intranet. Edward Michael Shaffer, 54, of the 200 block of Pebble Beach Place in Blue Bell, pleaded guilty to a summary offense of harassment charge Monday in Montgomery County…
OMC Targeted in Latest Leak involving Santa Clara University
Sophie Mattson & Jenni Sigl report: In the latest breach of cybersecurity on campus, a trove of internal documents from the Office of Marketing and Communications were leaked by the anonymous hacker SCUWatch. On Oct. 17, this newspaper received an email from an unknown sender containing a file folder labeled “OMC_Leak.” The anonymous sender, who…