The Australian Associated Press reports: The personal records of hundreds of Melbourne high school students have been mistakenly published, sparking an investigation into an “appalling” privacy breach. The Victoria education minister, James Merlino, said his department would launch an inquiry into the breach at Strathmore secondary college in the city’s north-west. Read more on The…
Category: Education Sector
TPS recovers confidential student information found in dumpster behind Tulsa school
Samuel Hardiman and Reece Ristau report: Tulsa Public Schools may have violated multiple current or former students’ privacy rights afforded under federal law if it failed to protect confidential student records a Tulsa woman said she found in large metal trash receptacles behind McKinley Elementary School on Sunday evening. The records include gifted and talented…
How K–12 School Districts Can Best Prepare for Ransomware Recovery
Karen Scarfone reports: No matter how many layers of security school districts put in place to stop ransomware, it’s inevitable that, at some point, an endpoint will be infected. Since January 2016, there have been 355 cybersecurity-related incidents against K–12 schools, including ransomware attacks, according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. In 2016, 60 percent…
ME: Possible computer data breach at EMCC could affect thousands of students, staff
WAGM reports: Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor is dealing with a possible data security breach that could impact thousands of students and staff up to 20 years ago. School officials are notifying 42,000 current and former students, as well as employees, that certain computers on campus were recently infected with malware and may have…
Augusta University Health breach risks health, personal information of 417,000
Matt Kempner reports on a developing story: A breach of email accounts at Augusta University Health may have exposed sensitive health and personal information of about 417,000 people, including patients around the state, the university announced Thursday. Those at risk are primarily patients of Augusta University Health, including Augusta University Medical Center (which is the…
Miami Springs Senior High student hacked into teachers’ computers and changed dozens of grades
WSVN reports: A cybersecurity breach at a South Florida school. A student hacked into teachers’ computers — but was never criminally charged. 7’s Brian Entin investigates. A new school year is about to start at Miami Springs Senior High — but a hacking incident last school year has the district tightening security. […] 7News has…