Cynthia Howell reports: The Little Rock School Board will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday to decide on whether to negotiate a settlement to a “network issue” that was characterized last week as a “data security incident” that likely resulted in unauthorized extraction of district data. The district announced the special meeting Sunday…
Category: Education Sector
‘Cybersecurity incident’ hits San Diego Unified computer network
Not much in the way of details but City News reports: The offices of San Diego Unified School District have experienced a computer-network security breach, SDUSD officials disclosed this week. District Superintendent Lamont Jackson on Thursday sent a letter to his staff and families of students attending SDUSD campuses to apprise them of what he…
Little Rock School District reports data security incident
Little Rock School District has created a web page about a data security incident detected on Nov. 11. They do not call it ransomware and make no mention of any ransom demand. The only thing they seem to be confident of at this point is that at least some data was exfiltrated, but they say…
NJ: Internet issues caused by ‘unauthorized third party’ close South Jersey school
Trish Hartman reports: Classes are cancelled for the third day in a row in a Gloucester County school district due to technical problems caused by an “unauthorized third party,” according to notifications from the district. The Monroe Township School District cancelled classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Read more at 6ABC.
NZ: ‘Unfortunate and regrettable incident’: Inside the Otago University data breach
Hamish McNeilly reports: An online loophole allowed a handful of users to access a veritable treasure trove of information at the University of Otago. The types of information, revealed to Stuff following an Official Information Act request, included phone numbers, addresses, passport details, exam results, police vetting lists, academic integrity investigation invitation letters, referee reports,…
IN: Crown Point Community School Corp. students to return to school Tuesday
William Skipworth reports: Crown Point Community School Corp. students are set to return to class Tuesday morning after a network outage and fears over a potential cybersecurity breach closed district schools on Monday. The school district said its network may have been compromised during a network outage last week. In response to that, it sent…