John Hildebrand reports that two Long Island school districts have both recently experienced disruptions in their ability to function and provide virtual learning due to DDoS attacks. The first was Lindenhurst, and now Bay Shore. Both school districts are in Suffolk County.
Category: Education Sector
FL: Students and employees notified of Gulf Coast State College data breach
Gretchen Kernbach reports: Some Gulf Coast State College students and employees received a letter from school officials, dated Sept. 28, about a data breach that took place back between March 31, 2020 and June 3, 2020. The letter said officials learned a hacker accessed several employees’ email accounts. It also states the school launched its…
Ransomware Threat Actors Dump Data on Clark County School District Employees and Students
Tawnell D. Hobbs reports: A hacker published documents containing Social Security numbers, student grades and other private information stolen from a large public-school district in Las Vegas after officials refused a ransom demanded in return for unlocking district computer servers. The illegal release late last week of sensitive information from the Clark County School District…
NEET, JEE aspirants’ data available on public domain, Bhopal medical student seeks CBI probe
Parvathi Benu reports: In a complaint to the Central Bureau of Investigation, a medical student from Bhopal has accused 17 websites of leaking personal information of students who appeared for the Joint Entrance Examination and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) (Undergraduate and Postgraduate). According to the complaint filed by Vivek Pandey, these websites…
Legal action underway over University of Cumbria data breach
Cumbria Crack reports: Students, staff and partners of universities across the UK who may have had their personal details leaked online are preparing to take legal action against the organisations amidst concerns that more should have been done to protect their data. Confidential information including names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses…
Fallout From The Ransomware Attack At Illinois Valley Community College Is Still Far From Over
Peter Medlin has an update on the Pysa (mespinoza) ransomware attack on Illinois Valley Community College that was first disclosed in April. The college had not paid the ransom demand, and has continued to work to recover from the attack. Medlin notes: In the months since the ransomware incident, IVCC has had to rebuild and…