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NV: Personal information accessed in Clark County School District cybersecurity incident (1)

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Dissent

C.C. McCandless reports: The Clark County School District announced that a recent cybersecurity incident allowed an “unauthorized party” to access personal information of some students, parents and employees. The district said it became aware of the hack on Oct. 5, adding that it involved the email environment. “Upon discovering the incident, CCSD immediately engaged a…

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Parkers Chapel School District network hacked; FBI investigating

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Dissent

Caitlan Butler reports: The Parkers Chapel School District has been hacked, and federal law enforcement agencies, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, are currently investigating the matter. John Gross, PCSD superintendent, said the district learned about the hack last Thursday, Sept. 29. “There’s rumors they’ve been in there for months, but I don’t know…

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Data of 900 Hongkongers exposed after hackers breach WhatsApp accounts of social services and schools

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Dissent

Connor Mycroft reports: Almost 900 Hong Kong people were victims of data breaches over the last month after fraudsters hijacked the WhatsApp accounts of social services and schools, the city’s privacy commissioner revealed on Thursday. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said that fraudsters had hacked the WhatsApp accounts of five social welfare services…

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Flagler School District Loses ‘Significant Amount of Money’ in Apparent Phishing Scheme Involving Vendor

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Dissent

FlagerLive reports: The Flagler County school district was the target of electronic fraud involving what Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly described as a “pretty significant amount of money,” in a scheme having all the makings of phishing–a common method by fraudsters of impersonating familiar contacts either to induce a swindle or to make the recipient…

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Fauquier County Public Schools listed by LockBit (1)

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Dissent

Well, this is a bit different. Did Fauquier County Public Schools in Virginia contribute to its own attack by noting employees could use free online SMS MFA websites for folks who don’t want to use a personal phone number for 2FA/MFA? It’s something to think about. h/t, Brett Callow Update of October 20: Fauquier County…

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Ransomware attack impacts 21 Pinal County school districts

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Dissent

Ford Hatchett reports: Pinal County schools confirmed to ABC15 Thursday night their data processing service consortium was attacked over the weekend, putting paychecks in jeopardy for some school employees this week throughout the 21 districts in the county. Read more at abc15. h/t, @douglevin

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