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Cybercrime Targeting Higher Education: What Needs To Be Done

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dissent

Sue Smith reports: Logicalis US, an international business IT solution provider, shared important insights this week about how cybercriminals are targeting colleges and universities, plus advice on four ways these institutions can strengthen their cybersecurity programs. Over the past 10 years, we have reported on countless retailers, credit bureaus, insurance companies and other businesses hit…

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Cabrillo College issues notice of data breach to 28,000 students

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Dissent

Mary Coleman reports: Thousands of students at Cabrillo college received a notice of a data breach yesterday. Today, Cabrillo Community College tells us that it is addressing a security incident involving personal information of certain students. Cabrillo is notifying the potentially affected individuals to explain the incident, the responsive measures Cabrillo has taken, and steps the…

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No holds barred? TheDarkOverlord threatens students with physical violence to send FBI a message to back off

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Dissent

DataBreaches.net has been reporting on TheDarkOverlord (TDO) since they first burst on the scene in June, 2016. Since then, this site has reported on numerous attacks by them on health care entities, financial and business entities, a Hollywood post-production studio, and a defense contractor. Now they have begun to  target the education sector, and an official at the…

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District investigating data breach at Palo Alto High School

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Dissent

Elena Kadvany reports: The school district said it is investigating a data breach at Palo Alto High School after discovering a “rogue website” Thursday that exposed student names, grade point averages and class ranks. Staff were notified about the website Thursday morning. A screenshot of the website posted by student news outlet The Paly Voice…

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Some NC A&T students’ personal information leaked in ‘security incident’

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Dissent

Nick Sturdivant and Carly Hildyard report: The personal information of 1,581 students at North Carolina A&T State University was leaked following a “data security incident.” It happened on Tuesday when a faculty member within the College of Business and Economics accidentally emailed a file containing personal information to a group of students. Read more on…

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Malware attacks San Ysidro School District, demands $19K ransom

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Dissent

Leonardo Castañeda reports: Malware infected computers at a local school district this month, deleting emails and forcing the district to temporarily shut down part of its systems. The San Ysidro School District became a local victim of malware attacks that have hit school districts from Maryland to Montana this year. The cyber attack, known as ransomware,…

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