On September 21, the Mount Diablo Unified District notified parents of a breach involving the SchoolMessenger app by Intrado. Their letter explains that on September 14, 2020, the district was informed that “when certain parents were using the SchoolMessenger mobile application, they were able to view a list of roughly thirty (30) unique names, emails,…
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Update: Has Guilford Technical Community College notified more than 43,000 students of data breach?
On September 19, DataBreaches.net reported that Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) in North Carolina had apparently become a ransomware victim of DoppelPaymer on September 13. But on October 6, GTCC was no longer listed on the threat actors’ dedicated leak site. The removal of a victim’s name often indicates that the victim had a change…
Threat actors dump some student data from Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
On October 12, WXYZ reported that Walled Lake Consolidated Schools in Michigan had suffered an attack that impacted their systems: The superintendent sent an email out Sunday night saying email cannot be sent or received, and internet access, along with access to network drives, is down. Skyward Family Access, where parents can see their child’s…
Alleging harassment of kids admitted under RTE, Rajasthan man hacks schools’ servers
Jaykishan Sharma reports: A man allegedly hacked the server of four schools and issued transfer certificates of 130 students in Rajasthan’s Sikar district. He then wrote to the district superintendent of police and district education officer, confessing to his crime and alleging that these schools were pressuring the families of children admitted under the Right to…
Virtual learning company admits releasing student data in bid to expand in Missouri
Kurt Erikson reports: A company offering virtual learning programs in Missouri “inadvertently” released student information as it worked the Capitol halls earlier this year in a bid to make it easier to expand its offerings. [,,,] In an Aug. 20 letter, Christopher Neale, assistant commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, said…
NY: Yorktown, Croton-Harmon schools suffer cybersecurity attacks
Sophie Grosserode reports: Two Westchester school districts were targeted by a cyber security attack on school-based desktops and laptops that kept students learning at home. The Yorktown and Croton-Harmon districts both fell victim to a security breach on Monday that took days to iron out. In a communication to district families, Croton-Harmon Superintendent Deborah O’Connell said the incident…