Jilly Slattery reports: Some Surrey parents are enraged after discovering their private information and their children’s school attendance records were publicly posted online. The absentee records from Frank Hurt Secondary School were posted online in 2014, and remained there for anyone to see until recently. The list included names, phone numbers, and addresses, and some sensitive…
Category: Education Sector
Hackers target University of Central Florida students
Matt Grant reports that more than 100 UCF students have had their debit and credit cards compromised after using them on campus. UCF does not yet know whether this is due to an wifi encryption issue connected to the payment processing. Read more on WESH.
MarsJoke Ransomware Targets the Government and K-12 Educational Sector
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Crooks are targeting government and educational institutions with a new ransomware family named MarsJoke (or JokeFromMars), discovered in late August, but which came to life this week through a massive email spam wave. The group behind this ransomware is using emails disguised as air travel confirmation notifications, which also contain a link…
UC San Diego School of Medicine notifying trainees whose SSNs were exposed on the Internet
The UC San Diego School of Medicine is notifying people whose personal information was accidentally exposed on the Internet: (UCSD SOM) became aware of the exposure on September 7, and took immediate steps to secure it. They do not indicate how they first became aware of it. Nor do they indicate for how long the file…
University of Ottawa missing hard drive with data on 900 students
CBC reports: The University of Ottawa has launched an investigation after an external hard drive containing the personal information of approximately 900 students disappeared earlier this month. […] The hard drive was used to back up personal information on individuals who accessed a university resource for students with disabilities or mental health issues applying for special…
Kennesaw State student hacks system, changes grades, steals data: Police
Fox5 reports: Police have arrested a Kennesaw State University student accused of hacking into the school’s system to change grades and steal personal data. Cobb County Police say Chase Arthur Hughes illegally accessed the university’s Owl Express program to alter his grades and the grades of four other students. Police say he also stole the…