Sergiu Gatlan reports: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the United States, says the Vice Society ransomware gang has stolen files containing contractors’ personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs). LAUSD also revealed that the threat actors were active in its network for over two months, between July 31, 2022,…
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More than 19,000 records released in B.C. school district data breach
Stefan Labbé reports: A school district in B.C. said more than 19,000 personal records from students and staff were accessed in a privacy breach. In a statement Wednesday, School District 42 — which encompasses Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows — said 19,126 records were publicly released in the afternoon of Jan. 17, 2023. The records…
UK: Students ‘outed without even knowing’ after SU self-id data ‘breach’
Caredig ap Tomos reports: Sensitive data relating to students’ self-identification continued to be shared with students running elections on Cambridge Students’ Union’s voting platform months after the issue was originally raised. Sources have told Varsity that countless students were “effectively outed without even knowing it” because of the ‘breach’ of sensitive data, which took nine months to…
NYS Comptroller releases another school district IT audit
Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District – Information Technology Assets and Network Access (2022M-151) Released December 30, 2022 Background The District serves the Towns of Frankfort and Schuyler in Herkimer County. The District is governed by the Board of Education (Board), which is composed of seven elected members. The Board is responsible for the general management and…
NY lawmakers vow to tackle cyber hack attacks against hospitals, schools
Carl Campanile reports: New York state lawmakers have promised to make helping local governments, schools and hospitals protect against cyber ransomware attacks a top priority during the 2023 legislative session. It comes after a wave of such attacks hit institutions across the Empire State, with the computer systems of a major Brooklyn hospital network and those of the Suffolk County…
Canada’s Okanagan College warns of potential privacy breach after cyber attack
On Wednesday, CBC reported: Nearly 16,000 students and 1,200 staff at Okanagan College are still unable to access campus network services after a cyber attack earlier this week. In a written statement Wednesday, college president Neil Fassina said the institution’s information technology services team uncovered a cyber security attack on Monday at around 6:15 a.m….