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UK: University of Manchester trying to resolve “cyber incident”

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Dissent

Dan Davies reports: The University of Manchester has confirmed experts are working to resolve a “cyber incident”. On Friday morning, the institution said some of its data had been accessed by an “unauthorised party” and data have “likely been copied”. The uni said it was working with a number of organisations including the Information Commissioner’s…

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Perhaps victims shouldn’t be so quick to claim “no evidence so far…”

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Dissent

In November 2022, Pearland ISD in Texas informed parents and employees about a breach and told them that ongoing investigation so far had shown no evidence that any sensitive information had been accessed by anyone outside of the district. In June 2023, Pearland sent letters to 55,486 people whose personal information had been accessed or acquired…

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Pennsylvania Senate committee approves Phillips-Hill’s measure to protect student data, privacy

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Dissent

The Senate Education Committee approved the Student Data Privacy and Protection Act, according to the measure’s sponsor Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). Senate Bill 565 modernizes Pennsylvania law to accommodate student information being stored online, as well as students learning and attending school online. As is currently stands, student-related data is being generated, collected, and stored within…

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Houston ISD investigating how students’ personal documents ended up on the street

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Dissent

Daniela Hurtado reports: Several students’ records were found scattered on the road and sidewalks outside an elementary school in southwest Houston on Tuesday. Houston ISD is now working to learn how paperwork with personal information like student addresses ended up there. Documents like report cards, folders of completed field trip forms, parent phone numbers, and…

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Pacific Union College was attacked on March 27. When will they publicly admit personal info was compromised?

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Dissent

That Pacific Union College (PUC) experienced a cyberattack is not a secret. The college even posted a notice on their website on April 7 stating that they were experiencing “Additional complications relating to the ongoing cybersecurity issue, which has recently affected some of our internal networks, phone systems, and web services. The remainder of the…

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Update on GLBA Safeguards Rule in Higher Education

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Dissent

Benjamin Wanger and Pierce T. Cox of BakerHostetler write: On February 9, 2023, the Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid (“FSA”) issued an electronic notice regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule amending the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (“Safeguards Rule”) under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). The amendments to the Safeguards Rule, which go into…

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