Alec Johnson reports: A breach that exposed the names and Social Security numbers of current and former Elmbrook School District employees continued even after the district was aware of the problem. The district learned its system had been compromised on Aug. 23, 2022, according to Elmbrook School Chief Strategy Officer Chris Thompson. Files were removed…
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Aspire Public Schools reveals 2022 breach; Rochester Public Schools dealing with current attack
Notices of breaches involving two school breaches showed up today in DataBreaches’ searches: Aspire Public Schools in California submitted notifications to at least two state attorneys general. According to its notification, Aspire learned that an unauthorized party gained access to one Aspire email account at various times between February 2022 and August 2022. There was…
Hackers leak 16,000 Tas documents on dark web
The Fortra/GoAnywhere incident also affected Tasmanian school children. Emily Woods reports: Hackers have released 16,000 Tasmanian education department documents on the dark web including school children’s personal information, the state government has confirmed. Science and Technology Minister Madeleine Ogilvie said thousands of financial statements and invoices containing names and addresses of school students and their…
Illinois’s Olympia CUSD 16 hit by LockBit3.0
LockBit3.0 claims to have hit the Olympia CUSD 16 in Illinois. So far, they have posted 4 files as proof, one of which appears to be a screencap of a directory of folders that might relate to Olympia North, Olympia South, and students, and another file with employee health-related information. There does not appear to…
TAFE data breach uncovered by SA Police
Richard Chirgwin reports: TAFE South Australia has revealed a data breach that was discovered when SA Police seized “devices containing electronic scanned copies of TAFE SA student identification forms”. TAFE SA said the identification forms included credentials such as driver’s licences and passports for enrolments prior to 2021 across all campuses. Read more at itNews.
School principal resigns after writing $100,000 check to Elon Musk impersonator
Brandon Vigliarolo reports: The principal of a Florida science and technology charter school has resigned after allegedly writing a $100,000 check to an Elon Musk impersonator using school funds. Dr Jan McGee, who is listed as a founding board member of Burns Science and Technology Charter in Oak Hill, Florida, told the school’s board of directors that…