Allison Bruhl reports: Louisiana Special School District employees were notified of a cyber attack on Friday, June 28, a little more than a month after it was discovered. According to the superintendent on July 3, the Louisiana State Police’s Cyber Crimes Division was contacted after an Akira ransomware breach was found on May 24. “Our…
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Judge denies motion to dismiss cybersecurity lawsuit against Clark County schools
Rocio Hernandez reports: A Clark County judge on Thursday denied the Clark County School District (CCSD)’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit over a 2023 cybersecurity breach — an unexpected development considering the judge previously said she leaned toward dismissing the case. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 31, said the breach led to the compromise…
Los Angeles USD confirms data stolen from a vendor (1)
On June 6, an individual calling themself “Satanic,” listed data for sale that was allegedly from the Los Angeles Unified School District. The listing, seeking $5,000.00 claimed to include 24 million student records and additional records from employees. At the time, DataBreaches did not post anything about the listing because inspection of the sample data…
Star ed-tech company discloses data breach
Paulina Okunytė reports: Learnosity, an e-learning platform with more than 40 million learners, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that affected users’ private data. A notice to affected clients on June 17th informed users of a “data security incident” that may have exposed their data. A publicly shared copy of the notice did not specify the…
Klein ISD student accused of orchestrating cyber attack that disrupted STAAR testing
Click2Houston reports: A 18-year-old student at Klein Forest High School is currently wanted by police after they say he was responsible for cyber attacks that disrupted STAAR testing for thousands of students in the district. Keontra Lamont Kenemore is accused of electronic access interference, which is a third degree felony. A warrant for his arrest…
More than one year later, New Jersey school district reveals data breach with sensitive info
NJ 101.5 FM reports: A Monmouth County school district hid details about a cyber-attack for over a year. Only now are they revealing student’s sensitive personal data was compromised. Officials at Shore Regional High School District in West Long Branch began notifying families on Friday. On Monday they issued a public statement. […] Shore Regional…