Melissa Tutesigensi reports: A private email containing sensitive information about a student was sent to all Theology undergraduates this morning. The discussion about a student’s mental health and attendance was accidentally forwarded to several hundred students. The student was explicitly named in the email and specific details about their university life were highlighted. In the…
Category: Education Sector
Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security
Katelyn Sweeney reports: As data becomes integral to K–12 education, administrators face new challenges to ensure they keep students’ information safe. Analysis of student data allows educators to identify at-risk students and implement further research into what does and does not work in the classroom. This data can also be used to create student profiles,…
Ca: Laurentian student who tried to help university by hacking computer system pleads guilty in court
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…
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”…