Katherine Noyes reports: More than 2,000 machines at schools and other organizations have been infected with a backdoor in unpatched versions of JBoss that could be used at any moment to install ransomware such as Samsam. That’s according to Cisco’s Talos threat-intelligence organization, which on Friday announced that roughly 3.2 million machines worldwide are at risk. Many of those…
Category: Education Sector
University employees vulnerable after tax data breach involving W-2 vendor
Hannah Knowles reports that a breach involving a W-2 vendor has left employees in the education sector at risk of tax refund fraud. This time, it’s W-2 Express and Stanford University, although other clients of W-2 Express are also reportedly affected: At least 600 current and former Stanford employees are vulnerable to tax fraud following the illegitimate download…
More than 100 Randolph College employees report recent identity theft (Updated)
Tim Saunders reports: More than 100 people who work for Randolph College in Lynchburg have encountered problems this year while trying to file their tax returns. That’s because their personal information was stolen in what appears to be a data breach. […] As of Monday 103 people who work for Randolph have reported a recent…
Lamar County School District: 28 employees’ personal information exposed in data breach (UPDATED)
Jacque Masse reports on another breach that is linked to Innovak: Some Lamar County School District employees’ had their personal information compromised after an employee portal experienced a data breach. According to Lamar County Superintendent Tess Smith, the district uses a company called INNOVAK that allows staff to access their pay stubs and W2s through the…
IA: Private student documents found at recycling center
Holly Hines reports: Documents found at an Iowa City recycling center last month contain personal information about local elementary school students, including their names, addresses and parents’ names. Antonio Montoya, a 22-year-old Iowa State University student, said he visited City Carton Recycling on March 19 and noticed a pile of Grant Wood Elementary students’ Individualized Education Program documents, which detail…
TX: Ransomware attacks 20 Northeast ISD schools
KENS reports: The Northeast Independent School District says it’s been hit by the latest craze in computer viruses known as ransomware. It is a type of malware or virus that limits users from accessing parts of their system, typically forcing the victim to pay some type of ransom in order to get their data back….