A. J. Kato reports: Former Seven Peaks School principal Megan Martin is being sued by the school for allegedly downloading private documents about students and staff. In court papers filed Friday, the school alleges Martin “improperly and without authorization downloaded thousands of the School’s electronically stored files… (containing) highly sensitive student and parent information.” The…
Category: Education Sector
Fresno USD notifies employees of newly discovered breach
It appears that the Fresno Unified School District had a breach involving employee data a few years ago, but only discovered it now. Even now, however, they do not yet seem to know exactly how or when the breach occurred. From their notification letter: On July 5, 2017, Fresno Unified contacted the Gilroy Police Department…
A legal expert weighs in on Student Disability Services’ accidental leak of 299 emails
Olivia Sylvester reports: After an email from [ University of Pennsylvania] Student Disability Services on Sept. 6 accidentally revealed the email addresses of 299 students who receive accommodations, Drexel University Law professor Robert Field said Penn will likely receive a “slap on the wrist” in terms of legal repercussions. I’d be surprised if they received…
TX: United Independent School District investigating student hacking incident
KGNS reports: An investigation is underway at a United ISD school after recent allegations were brought to light about students accessing teachers’ computers. The district says that two students from United High School placed a device on several of the educators’ computers. Read more on KGNS.
TheDarkOverlord v2.0: now with threats of physical violence?
You may have never heard of Flathead Valley in Montana. I’ll admit that I had never heard of it until tonight when I received a tip to go look at a post on their sheriff’s Facebook page. And that’s when I learned that Flathead County schools had not only been hacked and threatened if they didn’t…
AU: Somerville House donors warned of data breach
Brisbane Times reports: A prestigious Brisbane private girls’ school will review its security protocols after a data breach involving a former employee. Donors to the Somerville House Foundation, responsible for running the elite South Brisbane school, were warned of the information leak on September 4. Read more on Brisbane Times.