Craig Schneider reports: Long Island schools saw a big increase in the number of reported computer hacks and other cyber incidents in 2023 compared to the prior year, and human error continued to be a major cause of exposing sensitive student information such as special education disabilities and disciplinary problems, records show. Island schools suffered…
Category: Education Sector
Updating: Prince George’s County Public Schools breach affected almost 100,000
In August 2023, Prince George’s County Public Schools disclosed a cyberattack. At the time, they reported that “an estimated 4,500 user accounts out of 180,000 were impacted, primarily staff accounts. The school system is still assessing the full scope of this incident, but as of this time, the main business and student information systems –…
Reports of data breach on Class Charts platform
Schools Week reports: The information watchdog is investigating reports of a data breach on the Class Charts behaviour management platform, which is used by tens of thousands of teachers. Some parents logging on to Class Charts last week were reportedly shown data relating to other children. The Information Commissioner’s Office told Schools Week it had “received a…
CT: Groton schools’ internet outage from ‘cyber-attack’ under investigation
Kimberly Drelich reports: Groton Public Schools experienced a district-wide internet outage on Thursday that is under investigation. “Groton Public Schools was a victim of a cyber-attack on our main servers,” Clint Kennedy, the school district’s director of technology wrote in a message to the school community. “With the help of our technology advisors, we have…
Tx: BISD phone system now back online with new vendor following ransomware attack
Fox4Beaumont reports: The Beaumont ISD phone system is now back online with a new vendor following a nationwide ransomware attack on January 23 that impacted the district’s entire phone system, according to information Jackie Simien, BISD’s Director of Community and Media Relations, provided to KFDM/Fox4 News. The district has since changed phone vendors. The district…
GA: Students hack into Fulton County Schools IT systems, district says
Hope Dean reports: At least one student is believed to have hacked into some of Fulton County Schools’ information technology (IT) systems, the district announced Wednesday. The breach involved one or more students from FCS Innovation Academy, a STEM-focused magnet high school in Alpharetta. It is unknown what systems were accessed or if any data…