Sara Shepherd reports: A former University of Kansas student who hacked into the school’s computer system and changed his failing grades to A’s was granted probation for the resulting felony convictions. He also must write letters apologizing to the professors he fraudulently signed in as. As the prosecutor and his defense attorney had requested in…
Category: Education Sector
Mysterious Algonquin College cyber attack could affect thousands
Kelly Egan reports: Even weeks after its discovery, Algonquin College is still not sure how many current and former students and employees are affected by a cyber attack that breached data banks. However, a news release on Friday suggested thousands could be impacted after one of the college’s servers was “compromised” by a hacker. It…
Middletown Schools Hit With Ransomware Attack
Shawn R. Beals reports: The Middletown school district is working to restore access to its computer systems after discovering a ransomware virus Thursday that had locked the staff out. Ransomware is a type of computer virus that encrypts data, rendering it unusable. Typically, the virus demands a ransom payment in order to have access restored….
Notre Dame de Namur University notifying financial aid applicants of data security incident
Notre Dame de Namur University is notifying some financial aid applicants that their information may have been compromised when an employee fell prey to a phishing attack. In its notification letter (reproduced below), Henry Roth, the Chief Financial Officer and VP of Administration, writes that the university learned of the possible compromise on May 18. Investigation…
Ie: South Eastern Regional College staff’s personal data at risk after email hack
The Belfast Telegraph reports: A data breach at one of Northern Ireland’s largest further education colleges has put the personal and financial data – including bank account numbers and sort codes – of hundreds of staff at risk. Staff at the South Eastern Regional College (SERC) learned about the massive security breach yesterday in a…
UK: Sacked IT technician who hacked former school sentenced
Eagle Radio reports: A former employee of a private school in Leatherhead has been found guilty of a number of cyber-crime offences investigated by Surrey Police. Donald Bart-Williams was sacked from his role in the IT department at St Johns School, but used his specialist skills and knowledge to hack into the school system and…