Matthias Gafni reports: A hacker claiming association with Anonymous, a loosely associated network of Internet hackers and activists, sent an e-mail with attachments to county education officials last week alerting them to “corruption and manipulation” at Clayton Valley Charter High School, authorities said. The attachments included e-mails from at least one school staff member, police…
Category: Education Sector
More details emerge on UVa attack
Dean Seal has some additional details on the University of Virginia attack reported yesterday. Of note, the attack appeared to be from China and specifically targeted the email accounts of two employees whose work is connected with China. Read more on Daily Progress.
University of Virginia information technology systems compromised by hackers
Ella Shoup reports: Several portions of the University’s information technology systems were illegally accessed by “sophisticated attackers originating in China” earlier this year, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Hogan said in an email Friday to members of the University community. The University first became aware of a possible breach when notified by…
Hacktivists claim data breach at Florida International University, University of Miami
Andrea Torres is getting MSM readers caught up on some of GhostShell’s activity a few months ago, it seems: A team of self-proclaimed activists used the “Team Ghost Shell” Twitter account to continue to protest against institutions that they claim are not doing enough to protect personal data. They claim to have released data that belonged…
Yeah, that explains it
“It’s just sort of the vagaries of the system (on) how it got corrupted” — a statement by the secretary for Catholic education at the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese, on the catastrophic failures affecting computer servers in July that have delayed school opening at one high school.
Africa: Kenyan Universities Top List of Hackers in Africa – Report
Stephen Letoo reports: Kenyatta University and JKUAT are among Kenyan universities topping a list of hackers in Africa, says a report by Cyberoam. The report placed Kenya among African countries leading in cyber attacks, after Egypt, Morocco and South Africa. “Hacktivists” tamper with school systems to adjust grades and fee balances, says the report released…