Matthew Gooding reports: A cyberattack on a multi-academy trust which runs schools serving 4,500 pupils has left staff without access to digital systems for more than a week, Tech Monitor understands. The Scholars’ Education Trust suffered the breach last week, and at the time of writing many of its internal systems remain offline. The trust runs six schools in…
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UK: Email blunder sees school send details of vulnerable children to all pupils
David Hannant reports: Parents are calling for an investigation into a Norfolk school after an email containing confidential details of students’ mental health was mistakenly sent to all pupils. Wymondham High Academy has confirmed a staff member accidentally sent a message containing information about children who were referred to its wellbeing services with anxiety to the entire school. Read more at…
MI: South Redford School District cancels classes following cyberattack
Heather Catallo reports: The South Redford School District posted a notice to the community this morning saying school was closed because of a cyberattack and warned people not to use any district-issued devices. But this is a threat that goes far beyond Redford. Just two weeks ago, the FBI and other agencies warned schools could…
Teen who ‘hacked homecoming votes’ to crown herself queen is suing police and her school
If you are charged criminally and don’t contest the charges and complete a program that results in the charges being dropped, can you then turn around later and sue law enforcement for false arrest or anything? I didn’t think you could. Paging lawyers to Aisle 4, please? Earlier this month, Joe Smith reported; A teenager…
Aeries Software settles claims over 2019 data breach
There’s an update to a 2019 data breach involving Aeries Software that impacted more than 150 school districts. Top Class Actions reports that Aeries has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve claims that the breach compromised personal information of San Dieguito Union High School students. The case is Gupta, et al. v. Aeries Software…
Kansas school district pulls messaging app after data breach
KWCH reports: Andover Public Schools said it has pulled the popular messaging app, Seesaw after the app was hacked. According to the Seesaw website, the app is used by 10 million teachers, students and family members, but the company declined to say how many users were affected by the hack. In a letter to parents,…