This item by Dr. Michael Garrett that appeared in the Clearwater Tribune appears to concern Joint School District #171 in Idaho. At approximately 7:35 a.m. on March 19, a supervisor brought to my attention that an employee had discovered personal employee information on the district website. The information was verified in a payroll report which inadvertently…
Category: Education Sector
Six months after TheDarkOverlord attacked their district, School District 6 sends breach notification letters to parents
More than six months after the hacker or hackers known as TheDarkOverlord hacked and terrorized School District 6 in Columbia Falls, Montana, the district has sent parents breach notification letters revealing what they were able – and not able – to determine. Three versions of the March 19th letter, marked “Draft” and signed by Superintendent…
UK: Hackers possibly in the U.S. target more than 400 schools with bomb hoax
Camilla Turner and Helena Horton report: American hackers targeted more than 400 schools with a bomb hoax, as more than a dozen police forces across the country launch investigations. Many schools sent urgent messages to parents asking them to pick their children up on Monday morning and drew up emergency evacuation plans, after receiving an email which…
Florida Virtual School database now uploaded to HaveIBeenPwned
From Troy Hunt, an aid to parents who want to check if their email address or their child’s email address was in a leaked database: New breach: The Florida Virtual School had 368k student records with 543k email addresses exposed including names, grades and dates of birth. It’s flagged as “sensitive” due to the prevalence…
Nampa School District investigating cyber security breach
Steve Bertel reports: The Nampa School District Thursday informed its employees of a potential security issue involving personally identifiable information. “The district discovered an individual had gained unauthorized access to a school district e-mail account, which contained information about 3,983 of its current and past employees,” said Nampa School District spokeswoman Kathleen Tuck. “The breach…
UPDATE: FLVS leak affected 50,000 Leon County employees and students
WGCU has the update here. Note that they will be sending out individual notifications. It’s not clear whether FLVS is sending out individual notifications to any of the non-Leon County students or parents whose data was on their server. And an even more complete update here. Leon County Schools superintendent blasts FLVS.