Danny Mok reports: Hackers have broken into a government system used by most of Hong Kong’s schools, raising fears for the personal data of pupils, parents and staff. Eight schools operating a web-based administrative network that stores highly sensitive information were breached, with three of them reporting data leaks, the Education Bureau said on Friday…
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IT vendor fined after data of 47,800 students, parents and staff of Singapore schools hacked
Nicole Chang reports: IT vendor Learnaholic has been fined S$60,000 after the personal data of more than 47,000 students, parents and staff of various schools were hacked. The organisation provided services including attendance-taking and e-learning systems to schools in Singapore under a contract with the Ministry of Education. However, lapses in its security arrangements led…
Katy ISD staff info, including Social Security numbers, released
KTRK reports: Katy ISD said the birth dates and Social Security numbers of its employees were “inadvertently” released. […] According to officials, the information was sent out in response to a routine request for an employee list. Read more on ABC13. This is not the first breach involving employees’ personal information, although in a bigger…
ME: U.S. Secret Service investigates data hack at Bonny Eagle schools
Gillian Graham reports: The Secret Service is investigating a data breach that exposed the financial information of MSAD 6 [Maine School Administrative District 6] employees. One of the district’s servers was hacked last week and a piece of ransomware was installed, according to school officials. The breach happened on Nov. 30 and was discovered Dec. 2…
IL Ransomware attack hits Sycamore School District 427
Matthew N. Wells reports: Visitors to the Sycamore School District 427 website Tuesday were greeted with a pop-up message saying the district had been the victim of a ransomware attack. The message from D-427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman addressed the issue on the district’s website. Read more on Daily Chronicle. The name struck me as familiar,…
Significant malware attack hits Waterloo Catholic District School Board Social Sharing
Paula Duhatschek reports: The Waterloo Catholic District School Board was in the midst of responding to a significant malware incident on Wednesday, according to chief managing officer John Shewchuk. Shewchuk said the board learned of the attack early on Sunday. Read more on CBC News.