Sable Riley reports: Mystery surrounds the malware attack on Houston County School servers, which officials could not confirm involves ransomware, through which hackers hold data hostage for a demanded ransom. Superintendent David Sewell said that teachers’ computers may not be available for use by the school start date, which has been delayed to Monday, Aug….
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Data Breach Affects Wallingford Students
A bit more detail on an earlier report. Thanks to Doug Levin for keeping a sharp eye out for updates on this one. Rich Scinto reports: A third-party security breach exposed the personal information of some Wallingford students. Pearson Clinical Assessment notified the school district that names, dates of birth and email addresses were exposed…
AU: More than 100,000 UWA students’ data may be compromised after laptop thefts
Bethany Hiatt reports: More than 100,000 former University of WA students were today alerted their personal data may have been compromised after thieves stole 20 laptops from an administration building. The message from vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater said the password-protected laptops were stolen in late June and police had been investigating since then. Read more on…
CT: Schools Targeted by Hackers
Kristen Johnson reports: Three Connecticut schools have been targeted by ransomware attacks. In two of the cases student and staff information was accessed, though officials in those districts say there is no evidence that it was misused. Read more on NBC.
New Haven Public Schools hit by ransomware attack
Brian Zahn reports: The New Haven Public School district was hit by a recent ransomware attack, an official confirmed Wednesday. NHPS COO Mike Pinto said the district had “restored all critical functions” to its computers by Wednesday morning, but would not divulge details on what functions or files, if any, were still compromised. Read more…
TN: Data breach of vendor puts personal info of TN high school students at risk
Carley Gordon reports: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is currently investigating a possible data breach of a 3rd party vendor, that potentially has exposed personal information of thousands of public school students across Tennessee. The Commission is a state organization focused on assisting high school seniors in every element of accessing higher education. The Tennessee Higher…