Connor Mycroft reports: Almost 900 Hong Kong people were victims of data breaches over the last month after fraudsters hijacked the WhatsApp accounts of social services and schools, the city’s privacy commissioner revealed on Thursday. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said that fraudsters had hacked the WhatsApp accounts of five social welfare services…
Category: Education Sector
Flagler School District Loses ‘Significant Amount of Money’ in Apparent Phishing Scheme Involving Vendor
FlagerLive reports: The Flagler County school district was the target of electronic fraud involving what Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly described as a “pretty significant amount of money,” in a scheme having all the makings of phishing–a common method by fraudsters of impersonating familiar contacts either to induce a swindle or to make the recipient…
Fauquier County Public Schools listed by LockBit (1)
Well, this is a bit different. Did Fauquier County Public Schools in Virginia contribute to its own attack by noting employees could use free online SMS MFA websites for folks who don’t want to use a personal phone number for 2FA/MFA? It’s something to think about. h/t, Brett Callow Update of October 20: Fauquier County…
Ransomware attack impacts 21 Pinal County school districts
Ford Hatchett reports: Pinal County schools confirmed to ABC15 Thursday night their data processing service consortium was attacked over the weekend, putting paychecks in jeopardy for some school employees this week throughout the 21 districts in the county. Read more at abc15. h/t, @douglevin
Baruch College closed for the remainder of the week amid malware attack
Suporna Das reports: Baruch College extended remote learning through Sept. 29 after announcing on Sept. 27 that the network outages across the campus were due to a malware attack. […] Baruch Computing and Technology Center and other departments have restored some of Baruch’s network, including the website and Baruch’s email. It did not state if…
Audits of New York schools and the State Education Department reveal ongoing significant concerns
In May, the NYS Comptroller’s Office released an audit conducted to determine if the New York State Education Department (SED) consistently follows all laws and regulations regarding the safety and privacy of students’ data, and whether SED is properly monitoring school districts to ensure they are complying with the legislation and regulations that govern data…