Oh, ouch. Any breach notification is less than happy news, but this one is pretty embarrassing for Stanford University: I am writing to provide you formal written notice of a possible data breach involving your personal information. We believe that personal information that you provided to the Graduate School of Business prior to traveling with the…
Category: Education Sector
Hackers target private schools in U.K.
Teri Robinson reports: Hackers apparently are taking advantage of poorly secured systems at private schools in the U.K., nicking identifying data, typically through phishing attacks, that they could then use to target parents with fake invoices and other means of cybercrime. The Information Commissioner’s Office noted a case of a private school attack, and the…
Louisiana State University notifying 5,500 former and current students after laptop stolen from employee’s car
So it’s the end of 2017 but we’re still hearing about laptops being stolen from locked cars and that the devices were password-protected? If the U.S. Education Department started cracking down in terms of enforcement, might it make any difference? Asking for a friend, of course….. KTBS reports: LSU is mailing letters to approximately 5,500…
East Texas area school officials: Scope of computer breach still unclear
Meredith Shamburger provides an update to a previously reported incident: More than a week after several East Texas school districts were notified of a computer security breach that exposed personal information, officials say they still don’t know how many of their students have been affected. The Texas Department of Agriculture notified nine area districts that…
Proctor schools hit by ransomware attack
Jana Hollingsworth reports: The Proctor school district was hit by a malicious computer software “ransomware” attack last weekend. Student data and payroll information were not affected, said superintendent John Engelking, but some information kept in Microsoft Word files has been locked away by the hacker. Only computers at the middle and high school were affected,…
ID: Jerome School District falls victim to ransomware
Elenee Dao reports: The Jerome School District experienced some internet and phone issues early Monday morning, falling victim to ransomware. Chris Gibson, IT director of the district, said the virus happened early Monday morning around 3 a.m. and when he came into work at 6:30 a.m., he noticed the phone and internet not working. Gibson…