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Attack on WB CTC targeted financial info in Skyward system

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Dissent

Update:  BlackCat has claimed responsibility for the attack. There’s an update to the data breach affecting Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center, previously noted on this site. Mark Guydish reports: Guariglia said the FBI is still investigating and that there is no new information on what happened or who conducted the attack, which appeared to target…

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Schools are ‘target rich’ for cyberattacks, fed agency helps fight back

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Dissent

Kayla J. Dunn reports: Schools have a lot of information — and not just the educational kind. Social security numbers, addresses, staff members’ banking information, the list goes on. That data is stored digitally, and schools are increasingly a prime target for cybercriminals seeking to steal the sensitive information. […] A 2022 report on cybersecurity attacks in…

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Lansing Community College dealing with “cybersecurity incident”

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Dissent

On March 16, Amaya Kuznicki reported: A cyberthreat shutdown Lansing Community College for the rest of the week. The school is working with the FBI, a cyber insurance response team, and the Michigan Cyber Command Center to solve the problem. LCC posted on social media Thursday that classes will not be in session Friday, but…

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Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center averts catastrophe from cyberattack

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Dissent

They could have headlined this story as “Good security practices pay off.” Michael P. Buffer reports: A cyber attack on a server at the Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center was discovered Wednesday, and antivirus and backup procedures “prevented a catastrophe” and “a lot of problems,” Administrative Director Anthony C. Guariglia said Thursday. The regional vo-tech…

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Highly sensitive files from Berkeley County Schools dumped by ransomware gang

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Dissent

In early February, Berkeley County Schools in West Virginia experienced a ransomware attack.  On March 3, the district issued a notice on its website that stated their investigation determined “some data stored in Berkeley County Schools’ network may have been accessed that included employee Social Security numbers and direct deposit information.” That notice makes no…

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UNC data leak exposes more than 1,000 Social Security numbers

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Dissent

WRAL reports: A data leak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has exposed more than 1,000 Social Security numbers. The university said human error played a role in tax forms that were sent to the wrong people. The leak happened in late January. It included names, addresses, Social Security numbers and tax…

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