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Biden Administration Launches Effort To Defend Schools From Hackers

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Dissent

Eric Geller reports: The Biden administration will host a gathering on Monday to shine a spotlight on a community that urgently needs cybersecurity aid: America’s K-12 schools. School leaders, federal officials and technology executives will convene at the White House to discuss the importance of improving schools’ digital security to prevent hackers from shutting down…

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New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Dissent

You’re on a call with someone and they can hear you keyboarding. Can they wind up figuring out what you typed or stealing any passwords you typed in while on the call? Bill Toulas reports: A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes…

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Parents, students are baffled by letters confirming Crown Point school network breach months ago

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Dissent

Megan Hickey reports that there is finally a notification letter, of sorts, to parents about a network breach in November. In April, Indiana media had been reporting that the parents and community still had not been told what had happened. After a massive network breach temporarily closed schools in Crown Point, Indiana last fall, we are finally…

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Proposed Second Amendment to NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations: Comments Due August 14

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Dissent

Micaela McMurrough and Caleb Skeath of Covington & Burling write: Following up on the recent release by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) of an updated proposed second amendment to its “first-in-the-nation” Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500 (proposed second amendment released June 28, 2023), it is not too late for companies to submit comments…

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The plaintiffs have standing to sue — court. No, they don’t — appeals court.

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Dissent

Here’s yet one more case to note about standing and how cases may get dismissed before they even really get started. This case involved Syracuse ASC, LLC. In 2021, they experienced a cyberattack and notified 24,891 patients. A copy of their notification was posted to the Vermont Attorney General’s website at the time. In due…

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Cyber attack on Montclair Township led to $450K ransom payment

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Dissent

Talia Weiner reports: The Township of Montclair’s insurer negotiated a settlement of $450,000 with the people behind a recent “cyber incident” in order to end the attack, a report says. […] “To guard against future incidents, the township has installed the most sophisticated dual authentication system available to its own system and it is currently…

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