Fox News reports: Anti-Semitic images, slurs and songs were posted on the website of a Jewish school in Long Island on Monday in an apparent hack, video shows. The North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s homepage was splattered with a Swastika and clip of marching Nazi SS guards, according to the footage posted on Twitter. […]…
Category: Education Sector
Schumer, In Manhasset, Promises Cybersecurity Aid to School Districts
Jennifer McLogan reports: Cyberattacks against school systems are becoming more damaging and aggressive with threats of extortion, unless ransom is paid. It’s costing taxpayers big bucks to repair school technology. Now help is on the way from the federal government. Read more at CBS. See more at NY State Senator Anna Kaplan’s website, where Frank Rizzo…
ID: Ransomware attacks Shelley School District computers
Local8 reports: The Shelley School District was a victim of a ransomware attack. The attack was discovered on Dec. 6. We are told no student information was lost and all of the district’s financial information is also safe. They were able to catch the malware before it got to those servers. They reported the incident to…
MA: Northeastern Cancels Vaccination Clinics After Third-Party Information Leak
Jay Willett reports: COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled on Northeastern University’s Boston campus have been cancelled following the discovery of registrants’ personal information being exposed by Pelmeds, a third-party vaccine provider. In a statement shared with WBZ NewsRadio, Northeastern said that the information was present on Pelmeds’ website. “As soon as the university became aware of…
TN: Pellissippi State Community College impacted by ransomware attack
Monday, Pellissippi State Community College announced a network outage. On Tuesday, they announced that it was a ransomware attack: Pellissippi State Community College has determined that the network systems outage appears to be the result of a ransomware attack. At this time, the breadth of the incident is under investigation. The College has currently contained the matter and is working to…
Florida teen and her mother accused of hacking homecoming queen election refuse plea deal, claiming they have been framed
In March 2021, news broke about a Florida teenager and her mother allegedly hacking votes to make her the high school homecoming queen. In May, it was announced that Emily Grover, who was 17 at the time of the alleged hacking, would be charged as an adult. Both she and her mother, Laura Rose Carroll,…