Erik White reports: Nearly two years after the Friday night when he decided to test out the computer system at Laurentian University, Spencer Brydges pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Sudbury courtroom. Back in 2017, the comptuer science student was surprised that he could access the personal information of professors and other students. Brydges then reported…
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FL: High school students allegedly provided hacking as a paid service to change peers’ grades: Police
Hank Tester reports: A major investigation is underway at a South Florida high school into just that. Three students are suspected of breaking into Flanagan High School’s computer system to boost their classmates’ grades, but only those who paid. “They are like 18,” said student Valaria Delgado. “They could go to jail. That’s like hacking.”…
Google: G Suite Now Alerts Admins to Data Exfiltration
Dark Reading staff report: Google is ramping up the G Suite with new security alerts designed to notify administrators of Gmail phishing attacks and intruders’ data exfiltration processes. Only admins are affected by the G Suite changes, which also include a new alert deletion option and a link to audit logs for G Suite Business…
ID: Teton School District could recover $484K from fraud
Jeanette Boner provides an update on a breach previously noted on this blog. Teton School District Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme said at Monday’s meeting that he was made aware at 2:30 p.m. that afternoon from the FBI that $484,000 of the $784,000 lost to fraud will likely be recovered. In a tearful report, Woolstenhulme “deeply apologized”…
Ransomware hits K-12 district in Connecticut
Betsy Foresman reports: Bridgeport Public Schools, a K-12 district in Connecticut about 40 miles northeast of the Bronx, became infected by ransomware on Friday, Jeffrey Postolowski, director of technology services, confirmed to EdScoop. First reported by the Connecticut Post, the cyberattack originated from a virus dispatched by a malicious outsider and has encrypted district data…
ND: Mandan School accidentally leaks student information to students, parents
KXnet reports: Mandan School Administrators are working hard to recover from an accidental information leak that happened at the school just yesterday. Mandan High School’s administrative office sent an email containing names of all 1,024 students, addresses, phone numbers, PowerSchool ID’s, Department of Public Instruction State ID’s, student schedules and locker combinations. They had intended…