Updated Sept. 8: Vice Society has claimed responsibility for the attack. As Jeremy Kirk commented, it was somewhat expected given that CISA published an advisory about Vice Society after the attack. Original post: Howard Blume reports: A cyberattack brought down the computer systems of the Los Angeles Unified School District over the weekend, but officials…
Category: Education Sector
Hackers acquire info on current and former students and staff at Savannah College of Art and Design
Dealing with a patchwork of state data breach notification laws can be challenging. Dealing with state laws, federal regulations, and the GDPR can be even more difficult. But that may be the situation for Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), a private school in Georgia that enrolls students from other states and has a…
JP: Minamiboso City school affairs network hit by ransomware in July; still not fully recovered
It is not only schools in the US and the UK that have been affected by ransomware. A report from Minamiboso City in the Shiba Prefecture of Japan announced that the network used by the city’s primary and secondary schools had been attacked by ransomware. On July 19, the Minamiboso City Board of Education confirmed…
Tulsa Tech hit by data breach
NewsOn6 reports: Tulsa Tech says someone stole data belonging to students who were enrolled in its classes between 1986 and 1999. According to the school, someone accessed the district’s systems in June and took files from the network, including the names and Social Security numbers of students. Read more at NewsOn6.
OH: Investigation reveals no evidence of data breaches within Newton Falls school’s network systems
Sydney Stalnecker reports: The investigation conducted on the Newton Falls Exempted Village School District and NEOMIN’s technology network systems revealed there is no evidence of any data breaches with either institution’s network systems. Earlier in August, the investigation began after the district informed students and parents of a possible security breach. The district disproved parents’…
Edfinancial and OSLA student loan account registration info hacked in Nelnet breach; 2.5 million affected
Many student loan borrowers caught a huge break this week with government forgiveness of some student loan debt. But for 2.5 million student loan borrowers, the week also brought news of a breach of their contact information and Social Security numbers. Nelnet Servicing in Nebraska provides technology services to EdFinancial and OSLA, including portals that…