Pittsburgh UFSD in California has been dealing with a ransomware incident since before Christmas. In one status report on Facebook, they explained: Welcome back to school and to 2020! Our District email and server are still down. Our phone systems are working. Over the break, our district network systems were hit with a ransomware attack….
Category: Education Sector
College Athlete Recruiting Software Exposed Students’ Medical Info, Grades
Joseph Cox reports: Front Rush, a technology company that provides services to college athletics programs, exposed a server containing more than 700,000 files to the open internet, including college athletes’ medical records, performance reports, driver licenses, and other personal information. Front Rush works with over 30,000 coaches and 9,500 teams according to its website. The company…
NM: 2 months after ransomware attack, Las Cruces Public Schools still crippled by limited internet access
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…
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…