Nick Perreault reports: A 12-year-old student could face a felony charge after reportedly hacking into the Baker County Middle School’s WiFi about two weeks ago, all because the student didn’t want to do school work. On Nov. 13, the student used a school-issued laptop to get the school’s IP address. Using another student’s cell phone,…
Category: Education Sector
Montgomery County Public Schools incident was bigger than initially thought: UPDATE
In October, Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland notified parents after one of their high schools in Naviance was hacked. At the time, the high school reported that it had suffered a brute force attack on October 3 that impacted 1,343 Naviance student accounts and one parent/guardian account at Wheaton High School. On November 25,…
Paterson school district spent $13,800 on data breach investigation. But won’t make findings public.
Jayed Rahman reports on a breach that has been characterized by substandard incident response by the school district from the outset: Superintendent Eileen Shafer’s administration spent $13,816 in public funds in its investigation of the data breach that claimed tens of thousands of school district passwords, according to public documents reviewed by the Paterson Times….
NJ: Livingston Public Schools Hacked With Ransomware, Classes Delayed Today
CBS reports: Livingston public schools are getting a late start today after the district’s computer network was hacked. Administrators said the system was infected with ransomware Friday and engineers have been working around the clock to fix it. Read more on CBS.
Sag Harbor School Computers Impacted by Ransomware Attack
Dan Rattiner reports: Kids at Sag Harbor’s Pierson High School who have bad grades might have gotten a lot to cheer about last Monday, November 11. On that day, administrators and teachers found out that hackers had seized the school’s computer system. What would happen to class schedules, reports, college acceptance information, salaries to be paid, bank balances? And…
Port Neches-Groves ISD recovered access to files — but only after paying ransom
There’s an update to the ransomware attack on Port Neches-Groves ISD in Texas, previously noted on this site on November 12. Raegan Gibson reports that as of Monday, November 18, the district had regained access to its files — but it involved paying ransom, most of which was covered by the district’s insurance: The attackers…