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Category: Education Sector

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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OR: Lawsuit alleges ex-principal accessed private information

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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Fresno USD notifies employees of newly discovered breach

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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A legal expert weighs in on Student Disability Services’ accidental leak of 299 emails

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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TX: United Independent School District investigating student hacking incident

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dissent

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.

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