ABC reports that remote print capabilities have enabled hackers to print and distribute anti-semitic flyers: DePaul University is searching for the hacker behind a white supremacist, anti-Semitic flyer that appeared on campus. The university president says someone hacked into several printers and the flyer printed simultaneously. Officials say the source was not a DePaul account….
Category: Education Sector
Concordia warns university community about possible computer security breach
Karen Seidman reports: The Concordia University community got a lesson in computer security on Monday after the university had to send out a notice telling students and staff that keylogger devices — which can capture keystrokes — were found on some workstations in the Webster and Vanier libraries. They were only found on express workstations, which can be…
AR: Pulaski County Special School District notifies past and current employees of data breach
It was a heck of a week for Pulaski County Special School District employees. One hundred of them got pink slips on Wednesday in a downsizing move, and all former and current employees received emails or phone messages late Friday night alerting them to a data breach in February that had just been discovered. Cynthia Howell reports: Pulaski County Special School…
Cloquet schools suffer ‘ransomware’ attack
Jana Hollingsworth reports: The Cloquet school district was the victim of a malicious computer software attack last week that resulted in the equivalent of a lock on much of its information, and a $6,000 ransom demand to have it released. School was canceled Thursday so technology employees could work on the problem. The district, which…
MI: Network security breach reported in West Bloomfield School District, student info exposed
WXYZ reports: West Bloomfield School District officials sent an email to parents saying a security breach to their network exposed certain student information. Read more on WXYZ. There’s no statement yet as to whether this might be an inside breach by a student or anything.
Ca: Hacker forces password upheaval at Kitchener high school
Jeff Outhit reports: Police are investigating after a student hacked an internal computer system at a Kitchener high school, forcing other students to consider changing all their social media passwords. This includes passwords for Facebook, Twitter, Google Apps, and other personal accounts held by any student who has accessed those personal accounts from a school…