Nidhi Taneja reports: The students of Gujarat Technological University have complained of massive data leaks during online pre-check trial/mock tests. The test was conducted by the university on July 28. Students allege that their personal details including ID proofs were leaked on the university’s website. Read more on IndiaTV.
Category: Education Sector
Las Cruces school meeting zoom-bombed
In my news feed this morning, I saw a zoombombing incident that occurred this week: Las Cruces Middle School Zoom Meeting Hacked; Investigation Underway As schools prepare to reopen with virtual learning, it’s really really important that they adhere to the security protocols for using Zoom and other technologies, lest students and staff not only…
University of York hit by cyber-attack – personal details of students and staff may have been stolen
Daniel Willers has coverage on the Blackbaud ransomware attack, noted previously on this site: The University of York has launched an investigation after personal details of students, staff and alumni may have been stolen by hackers. It said Blackbaud, which provides a customer relationship management system for the university, was hit by a ransomware attack in…
Columbia College Chicago to notify ransomware victims
Kendall Polidori reports: Nearly seven weeks after Columbia became the victim of a ransomware attack, the college provided details about how it would assist members of the college community whose data may have been compromised. A Friday, July 17 collegewide email from Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jerry Tarrer and Associate Vice President and Chief…
Ca: University of Lethbridge reveals details regarding privacy breach at health centre
Quinn Campbell reports on an email gaffe that disclosed student health information: The University of Lethbridge says an Excel document with personal information of 1,225 patients at its health centre was inadvertently shared with a student. The document that was the subject of a privacy breach included names, dates of birth, personal health numbers, genders…
Revenge is mine, saith a hacker. No big deal, saith a researcher.
Vinny Troia, a self-described security researcher and and the owner of cybersecurity firms Night Lion Security and DataViper.io, will be the opening keynote speaker at SecureWorld’s virtual conference this coming Wednesday. He has promoted himself and his talk by claiming that he will reveal all of the identities of key members of thedarkoverlord, GnosticPlayers, and…