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…
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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,…
It’s like a veritable fire sale on Indonesians’ personal data
Indonesia’s private data protection bill cleared another hurdle and could be voted into law this week. As Bloomberg reports: Data operators could face up to five years in jail and a maximum fine of 5 billion rupiah ($337,000) for leaking or misusing private information, according to Indonesia’s new data privacy bill set to be passed…
Lk: Student arrested for hacking Examinations Dept website
Newswire reports on a story out of Sri Lanka: A student from Galle has been arrested for hacking the Department of Examinations’ official website. The Police said the student had hacked the website, retrieved data on the 2021 GCE Advanced Level Examination results, and displayed it on a separate web portal. The suspect had stolen…