Richard Chirgwin reports: TAFE South Australia has revealed a data breach that was discovered when SA Police seized “devices containing electronic scanned copies of TAFE SA student identification forms”. TAFE SA said the identification forms included credentials such as driver’s licences and passports for enrolments prior to 2021 across all campuses. Read more at itNews.
Category: Education Sector
School principal resigns after writing $100,000 check to Elon Musk impersonator
Brandon Vigliarolo reports: The principal of a Florida science and technology charter school has resigned after allegedly writing a $100,000 check to an Elon Musk impersonator using school funds. Dr Jan McGee, who is listed as a founding board member of Burns Science and Technology Charter in Oak Hill, Florida, told the school’s board of directors that…
Alabama’s Jefferson County School System victim of ransomware attack during Spring Break
WBRC reports: A ransomware attack targeted the Jefferson County School System in Alabama over Spring Break. A news release states the district’s technology team took immediate steps to stop the attack and notified state and local authorities. Preliminary investigations have not revealed any evidence of a breach of sensitive personally identifiable information. However, the district…
Attacked by Vice Society earlier this month, Lewis & Clark finds files with personal information have now been leaked
It appears that Lewis & Clark in Oregon has been the victim of a ransomware attack by Vice Society. An urgent notice on the college’s website currently says: Urgent LC Alert: Campus phone service and PioNet Guest Wifi are working. If you are unable to reach Campus Safety at 503-768-7777, call the backup number at…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Secondary education center hit by Stormous After several months out of the public eye, the pro-Russian Stormous Ransomware group reappeared in February. Now they have claimed an attack on a secondary education center, the Instituto De Educación Secundaria Ies Emilio Canalejo Olmeda (IESCO) in Cordoba, Spain. On March 30, Stormous listed the entity in…
NY: Students’ bank accounts compromised because of vendor ticketing software breach affecting colleges nationwide (UPDATED)
Prakriti Panwar reports: Almost a month after attending a concert at Cornell University featuring Beach Bunny — a popular alternative rock band — on Jan. 28, several Ithaca College students’ credit and debit card information was breached and varying amounts of money were stolen. On Feb. 24, Information Technology at Cornell University released a security alert informing students that…