Updating the Hellgate High School breach reported yesterday, Peter Christian reports that MCPS Superintendent Mark Thane addressed the data breach that occurred last Friday: “The breach occurred when an email was sent from the Hellgate administration that was intended to convey notes from a recent parents meeting,” Thane said. “The document was, in fact, corrupted…
Category: Education Sector
UK: Students left without internet after massive DDoS against Network Janet
This story appears in The Express with the headline, “Students left without internet after Islamic State ‘hack’ major computer network.” But who says it’s Daesh that’s responsible for this? There is no official attribution and no one’s claimed responsibility. Is The Express jumping the gun with that headline? The only ones who seem to be…
NullCrew hacker pleads guilty
Jon Seidel reports that NullCrew member Timothy J. French pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Chicago. NullCrew’s attacks on Bell Canada, University of Virginia, Spokeo, Comcast, and other entities have been covered in the past on this site (search NullCrew), and many of NullCrew’s “Fuck the System!” newsletters and YouTube videos remain available online. During one…
MT: Hellgate High Data Breach Reveals Confidential Student Information
Jon King reports: Missoula County Public School District one is investigating why a bunch of private, confidential information about Hellgate students and one school staffer were sent to parents of Hellgate High School football players last Friday. The information included very sensitive details, including which students at school were failing classes, which students were seeking…
Settlement Proposed in Maricopa County Community College District Data Breach Litigation
NOTE: Do NOT contact me about this settlement or expect me to help you file a claim or anything. I am just a breach blogger/citizen journalist and advocate, but I am not your advocate. Do NOT post your details in comments, either. Follow the directions on the post card you received or go to http://www.mcccdclassaction.kroll.com and follow…
AU: Pair facing 10 years jail for allegedly hacking student’s Facebook and deleting his uni enrolment data
Ken McGregor reports: A young man and woman who allegedly deleted a student’s university enrolment in five subjects and hacked his Facebook and email accounts face up to a decade in jail if convicted of the cybercrime. Jake Anthony Parker Davis, 21, of Port Noarlunga South, and Sarah Ruqayyah Salah, 22, of Melrose Park, have pleaded…