The following is a machine translation of a report by Valéry Rieß-Marchive: cIn mid-September, Toulouse INP started the school year on a cyberattack with ransomware . At the beginning of December, Grenoble INP informed of an “intrusion” on its computer servers, but not to mention a cyberattack . At the same time, our colleagues from Parisian revealed that the IUT Paris – Rives de Seine was openly…
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MI: Hope College Hit with $5M Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
Gary Stevens reports that alleged late disclosure of a data breach has led to a lawsuit. The Holland Sentinel is reporting in Wednesday’s editions that class-action status has been requested by plaintiff Jennie DeVries of Holland for the litigation filed at US District Court for Western Michigan on Monday. In the lawsuit, DeVries claimed that…
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Releases More School District Audits
Two more school district audits were released before the holiday. Nanuet Union Free School District – Network User Accounts and Information Technology Contingency Plan (2022M-135) Issued Date December 09, 2022 Background The District serves the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County. The District is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education (Board) that is…
Ransomware attacks hit Iowa schools, including Davenport, although public often left in dark
Maggie Bashore has an article on ransomware attacks hitting Iowa school districts over the past three years that covers a lot of issues, including the costs of cyberinsurance over time and the difficulties smaller districts may have in meeting requirements to even get a policy. She reports, in part: Fringer advises 45 school districts in…
Cyber attacks set to become ‘uninsurable’, says Zurich chief
Ian Smith reports: The chief executive of one of Europe’s biggest insurance companies has warned that cyber attacks, rather than natural catastrophes, will become “uninsurable” as the disruption from hacks continues to grow. Insurance executives have been increasingly vocal in recent years about systemic risks, such as pandemics and climate change, that test the sector’s…
Cincinnati State data breach possibly exposed Social Security numbers, other information
Quinlan Bentley reports: Cincinnati State Technical Community College says a cybersecurity breach potentially exposed personal information stored on its network. The Clifton-based college detected unauthorized access to the network on Nov. 2 and an investigation was launched in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals, according to a notice posted to Cincinnati State’s website on Friday. Read more at…