KVIA reports: More than two months after a massive ransomware attack compromised the Las Cruces Public Schools network, a union president told ABC-7 that educators are forced to work extra hours “at the expense of their well-being.” “It has become very overwhelming for our educators,” said Denise Sheehan, the president of the National Education Association in Las…
Category: Education Sector
U. of Ottawa reports stolen laptop may have impacted 188
Matt Gergyek reports: The University of Ottawa has given notice of a potential privacy breach impacting 188 people, including elementary and high school students who attended a summer program on campus. The breach stems from an incident in late November 2019 when a password-protected laptop was stolen from a university employee’s vehicle, the administration said…
MI: Hackers demand Richmond Community Schools to pay $10,000 in Bitcoin
Kate Raymond reports: Richmond Community Schools were scheduled to reopen from Winter Break on Thursday January 2, 2020. They had to postpone due to a hacking incident that occurred on their server. Richmond Community School’s IT department noticed the hack had occurred on December 27, 2019. And yes, the district has refused to pay the ransom….
‘Russian pirate hacked 39 British universities’
Danny Fortson reports: A Russian internet pirate under investigation for potential ties to Russia’s intelligence services is alleged to have hacked the systems of 39 British universities. Alexandra Elbakyan is founder of Sci-Hub, a website that publishes millions of academic papers free that would otherwise be available only through subscriptions or one-off payments. Read more…
PA: Juniata College Provides Notice of Data Incident
If it takes from March 2019, when you first become aware that something might be going on, until November 2019 to notify individuals, is that unacceptably long? Juniata College is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the privacy of some personal information. While we are unaware of any misuse of information, we…
NYS Comptroller releases two more school district IT audits
By now, regular readers may wonder why I continue to post IT audits of New York school districts when the results have generally been so poor. Where’s the good news, you wonder? There really has been none or extremely little. Which is exactly why I will continue to post these — until people wake up…