On March 16, Amaya Kuznicki reported: A cyberthreat shutdown Lansing Community College for the rest of the week. The school is working with the FBI, a cyber insurance response team, and the Michigan Cyber Command Center to solve the problem. LCC posted on social media Thursday that classes will not be in session Friday, but…
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Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center averts catastrophe from cyberattack
They could have headlined this story as “Good security practices pay off.” Michael P. Buffer reports: A cyber attack on a server at the Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center was discovered Wednesday, and antivirus and backup procedures “prevented a catastrophe” and “a lot of problems,” Administrative Director Anthony C. Guariglia said Thursday. The regional vo-tech…
Highly sensitive files from Berkeley County Schools dumped by ransomware gang
In early February, Berkeley County Schools in West Virginia experienced a ransomware attack. On March 3, the district issued a notice on its website that stated their investigation determined “some data stored in Berkeley County Schools’ network may have been accessed that included employee Social Security numbers and direct deposit information.” That notice makes no…
UNC data leak exposes more than 1,000 Social Security numbers
WRAL reports: A data leak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has exposed more than 1,000 Social Security numbers. The university said human error played a role in tax forms that were sent to the wrong people. The leak happened in late January. It included names, addresses, Social Security numbers and tax…
SEC Charges Software Company Blackbaud Inc. for Misleading Disclosures About Ransomware Attack That Impacted Charitable Donors
Washington D.C., March 9, 2023 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Blackbaud Inc., a South Carolina-based public company that provides donor data management software to non-profit organizations, agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges for making misleading disclosures about a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers. The SEC’s…
Israel publicly blames Iran for cyberattack on major university last month
Times of Israel reports: The Israel National Cyber Directorate announced Tuesday that a group affiliated with Iranian intelligence was behind an internet attack last month on the Technion, a top Israeli research and education institute. In a statement, the directorate said an investigation found the attack was carried out by a group known as MuddyWater,…