Chris Larson reports: Tax information for dozens of University of Louisville employees has been compromised after a hack of the online system the university uses to give employees access to tax documents. John Karman, university director of media relations, said Friday the university confirmed that 83 employees’ W-2 forms were downloaded or accessed without authorization…
Category: Education Sector
Phishing scam diverts more than $40K from Denver Public Schools
Michael Konopasek reports: A computer hacking scam has made $40,000 of direct deposit money for Denver Public Schools employees disappear. Internet thieves are suspected of stealing the funds that were intended to pay the school district staff Read more on Fox31. Sadly, it appears that despite the district’s training/awareness efforts, at least 30 employees fell…
Introducing the K-12 Cyber Incident Map
Doug Levin writes: …. I am pleased to introduce and launch the K-12 Cyber Incident Map. It is a visualization of cybersecurity-related incidents reported about U.S. K-12 public schools and districts from 2016 to the present. ‘Cyber’ incidents tracked on the map, include: (a) phishing attacks resulting in the disclosure of personal data; (b) other unauthorized disclosures, breaches…
Cyber Criminals Sharing Millions of Higher Education Institutions’ E-mails and Passwords on The Dark Web
Cyber criminals are aggressively sharing credentials to .edu e-mail accounts – including stolen accounts, fake e-mails, and older e-mail accounts. The Digital Citizens Alliance saw evidence showing threat actors of all types – including hacktivists, scam artists, and terrorists – putting credentials (e-mails and passwords) up for sale, trade, or, in some cases, just given…
MT: Hackers hit Forsyth schools server, cause disruptions
Ed Kemmick reports: Forsyth Public Schools were hit with computer malware over the weekend, causing problems for teachers, students, parents and district administrators. The good news, Superintendent Dinny Bennett said, is that whoever did the damage “did not hack our system to take information, just to corrupt it.” The software program that ran the student…
Ca: Carleton staff, students urged to change passwords after potential security breach
Michelle McQuigge reports: Carleton University is urging caution among staff and students after discovering potential hacking tools on a handful of classroom computers. The university says it discovered USB key-logging devices on six classroom computers across three university buildings. Carleton says staff discovered the devices last week during what it called a routine classroom inspection,…