This time, it’s Columbus City Schools in Ohio, who report that on May 1, they learned that an employee’s email account had been compromised. Their subsequent investigation resulted in them notifying an undisclosed number of people that their name and social security number had been in the employee’s email account. You can read the October…
Category: Education Sector
Cyberattack shuts down Saskatchewan Polytechnic
David Giles reports: Online and in-person classes have been cancelled at Saskatchewan Polytechnic following a cybersecurity attack. School officials said classes are cancelled until Nov. 5 while IT staff work with outside experts to restore systems, with the first priority restoring online learning. Read more on Global News. Sounds like a ransomware attack, but they haven’t actually said….
Threat actors dump personal employee and student data from Walled Lake Consolidated District
One of the k-12 district ransomware attacks that DataBreaches.net has been following involves Walled Lake Consolidated District in Michigan. The district suffered a ransomware attack on or about October 10 that they are still working to recover from. But while they focus on recovery of systems, the threat actors have tried to pressure on them…
Another North Carolina community college hit with ransomware — Piedmont Community College
It seems I missed an announcement that another North Carolina community college got hit with ransomware (or is this the mysterious listing I saw briefly on a dedicated leak site but it was gone before I could note the name and details?). In any event, on August 24, Piedmont Community College (PCC) in North Carolina…
MO: Fort Zumwalt investigates data breach involving student
Karis K. Gamble reports: The Fort Zumwalt School District investigated a data breach involving a student. According to Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Laura Wagner, a student accessed one of the district’s servers without authorization. Read more on FOX2. The student, whose grade and school were not disclosed, reportedly told the district that they had…
Picture of man’s genitalia shows up on screen during virtual class for students in Virginia Beach
All Weatherton reports: Virginia Beach City Public Schools said it’s investigating after someone hacked into a Zoom classroom filled with 5th graders and showed a picture of a man’s body parts on the screen. The students typically go to Windsor Oaks Elementary School but are learning virtually due to coronavirus. The incident happened on Friday…