Jessy Edwards and Jon Styf provide an update to a previously reported class action lawsuit against Oklahoma City University: A judge dismissed an Oklahoma City University class action lawsuit regarding a data breach, saying the plaintiff did not show any injury or identity theft as a result of the breach. U.S. District Judge Timothy G….
Category: Education Sector
NV: Personal information accessed in Clark County School District cybersecurity incident (1)
C.C. McCandless reports: The Clark County School District announced that a recent cybersecurity incident allowed an “unauthorized party” to access personal information of some students, parents and employees. The district said it became aware of the hack on Oct. 5, adding that it involved the email environment. “Upon discovering the incident, CCSD immediately engaged a…
Parkers Chapel School District network hacked; FBI investigating
Caitlan Butler reports: The Parkers Chapel School District has been hacked, and federal law enforcement agencies, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, are currently investigating the matter. John Gross, PCSD superintendent, said the district learned about the hack last Thursday, Sept. 29. “There’s rumors they’ve been in there for months, but I don’t know…
Data of 900 Hongkongers exposed after hackers breach WhatsApp accounts of social services and schools
Connor Mycroft reports: Almost 900 Hong Kong people were victims of data breaches over the last month after fraudsters hijacked the WhatsApp accounts of social services and schools, the city’s privacy commissioner revealed on Thursday. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said that fraudsters had hacked the WhatsApp accounts of five social welfare services…
Flagler School District Loses ‘Significant Amount of Money’ in Apparent Phishing Scheme Involving Vendor
FlagerLive reports: The Flagler County school district was the target of electronic fraud involving what Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly described as a “pretty significant amount of money,” in a scheme having all the makings of phishing–a common method by fraudsters of impersonating familiar contacts either to induce a swindle or to make the recipient…
Fauquier County Public Schools listed by LockBit (1)
Well, this is a bit different. Did Fauquier County Public Schools in Virginia contribute to its own attack by noting employees could use free online SMS MFA websites for folks who don’t want to use a personal phone number for 2FA/MFA? It’s something to think about. h/t, Brett Callow Update of October 20: Fauquier County…