Cody Long reports: The Alabama Board of Education and Escambia County Board of Education are investigating after school administrators found discrepancies in students’ grade reports in East Brewton. Escambia County Superintendent John Knott confirms there were changes to students’ grades at W.S. Neal High School. The discrepancies were discovered when the school was finalizing the…
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WA: Email account of Northwest University’s CFO hacked; school out nearly $60,000
Amy Clancy reports: KIRO 7 has uncovered documents detailing the Kirkland Police Department’s ongoing investigation into how a suspect, or ring of suspects, was able to hijack the school email account of Northwest University’s chief financial officer. The hacking of CFO John Jordan’s email account has the Kirkland college out nearly $60,000. According to detectives, the thieves secretly…
A Notice Regarding a Recent Data Security Incident Affecting Boise State University students
For those keeping track: we had this incident filed solely under Fresno State, but had counted it in those incidents involving health/medical info. The incident had been included in our March 2018 analyses. — DataBreaches.net Boise State University received notice recently from Fresno State University that a theft on their campus may have potentially involved…
MA: Leominster pays $10K in bitcoin ransom to undo cyberattack on schools
Paula J. Owen reports: The city paid $10,000 in bitcoin last week to cyber extortionists who infiltrated the school district’s computer systems over the April school break, according to city officials, affecting every school in the district. Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella called those who carried out the cyberattack “smart” and said they knew what they…
Update: Prague, Oklahoma youth pastor in computer crimes probe previously worked at GCTC
Kim Morava reports: A search warrant served Monday at a part-time youth pastor’s home in Prague is connected to a computer crimes investigation that began months ago, with authorities now indicating the person under investigation previously worked at Gordon Cooper Technology Center,where he allegedly accessed juveniles’ social media accounts. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents,…
Ca: Halifax Excel program registration shut down because of ‘privacy breach’
Steve Silva reports: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) has shut down registration for its Excel program due to a “privacy breach,” the organization tweeted Monday morning. “The issue has been contained. We are currently investigating. Will share more info as it becomes known,” read part of the tweet from the organization, which was formally the…