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Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Dissent

Dharma Niles, Krish Dev and Yezen Saadah report: A hacker took over NYU’s website for at least two hours Saturday morning to expose over 3 million applicants’ names, test scores, majors and zip codes, as well as information related to family members and financial aid dating back to at least 1989. The university’s website was…

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Former University of Michigan Football Quarterbacks Coach and Co-Offensive Coordinator Indicted on Charges of Unauthorized Access to Computers and Aggravated Identity Theft

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Dissent

DETROIT – Former University of Michigan Co-Offensive Coordinator Matthew Weiss—age 42, of Ann Arbor—was charged today in a 24-count indictment alleging 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Julie A. Beck announced. Beck was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge,…

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Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Dissent

Sharon Lurye of The Associated Press and Claire Bryan of The Seattle Times report: Thousands of American schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology for 24/7 monitoring of student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school shootings. Machine-learning algorithms detect potential indicators of problems…

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Extensive US public school employee data compromise reported from Carruth Compliance Consulting breach

Posted on March 8, 2025March 7, 2025 by Dissent

SC Media reports: Oregon-based third-party retirement plan administrator Carruth Compliance Consulting had information from more than 40,000 public school teachers and employees in California, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania exfiltrated following a December attack by the newly emergent Skira Team hacking group, which purported the theft of data from 36 public schools across the…

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Info accessed in Rainbow board data breach ‘deleted and has not been shared’

Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 by Dissent

Sudbury.com reports: Data acquired by unauthorized individuals during Rainbow District School Board’s recent cyber incident “was deleted and has not been shared,” according to an update on the situation from the school board. The school board also said in the Feb. 28 statement that three weeks after the cyber incident, which meant internet was unavailable…

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School board approves letter to AG for PowerSchool data breach

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Dissent

Caleb M. Soptelean, The Sanford Herald, N.C. reports: The Lee County Schools Board of Education has requested that the North Carolina Attorney General pursue legal action against PowerSchool over a nationwide data breach that occurred late last year. The school board voted unanimously to send a letter to the AG, which was requested by board…

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