Olivier Uytterbrouck and Jessica Dyer report: A cyberattack against Albuquerque Public Schools prompted the state’s largest district to cancel all classes districtwide on Thursday and possibly Friday. APS Superintendent Scott Elder said the attack was discovered Wednesday morning “when teachers tried to log onto our student information system and were unable to gain access to…
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Ca: Visalia Unified School District notifying employees and students about 2021 data breach
Reggie Ellis reports: Tulare County’s largest school district is notifying some of its 3,000 employees and 32,000 students that some of their personal information has been compromised. On Dec. 30, Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) announced certain district-issued email accounts were illegally accessed during a data breach between Jan. 1 and June 3, 2021. VUSD…
WI: Neenah schools investigating apparent cyber attack; classes canceled Wednesday
Gabriella Premus reports: Neenah schools had to close unexpectedly Tuesday after the superintendent said it had what sounds like a cyber attack. The Neenah Joint School District discovered various technology systems down early Monday morning. Internet and phones are down at all schools in the district. Read more at Fox11. See this update of Feb. 4.
Canadian privacy breach: Names of unvaccinated DDSB staff accidentally shared
Jillian Follert reports: A recent privacy breach at the Durham District School Board (DDSB) resulted in the names of staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19, or have not disclosed their status, inadvertently being shared with about 400 people. The breach happened when the board sent out a “routine” email about rapid testing. Attached to…
A Missouri Reporter Is (Still) Getting Blamed For the Security Flaw He Exposed
Jack Gillum sought — and obtained — some records from Missouri Governor Parson’s office concerning the governor’s staff’s public statements and the governor’s intention to try to prosecute journalist Josh Renaud. Renaud’s crime: he discovered a vulnerability on a state website where by clicking the F12 key to view the source of a page, one…
Connecticut company that hosts school websites recovering from ransomware attack
Jesse Leavenworth reports: A Glastonbury-based company that hosts thousands of school websites in Connecticut and across the nation continued to recover Monday from a ransomware attack launched last week. “We still have no evidence that any data has been viewed, compromised or extracted,” Finalsite spokeswoman Morgan Delack said. Finalsite has identified the cyber attacker and…