Another day, another leak. Another leak, another entity claiming it’s not real data. Another leak, another frustrating experience trying to responsibly disclose. According to Safety Detectives, they found exposed data related to an app called Transact Campus: Transact Campus’ technology integrates several payment functions into a single mobile platform to power student purchases at higher…
Category: Education Sector
Pysa shuttered its leak site before it ever dumped data from more than half a dozen schools. Here’s what we know so far.
The education sector has always been a relatively easy target for cybercriminals. One group in particular — Pysa — earned a reputation for its ransomware attacks on schools. Despite analyses and alerts in March, 2021 by threat intel firms and the U.S. government indicating that Pysa was a major threat to the education sector in…
School Board hacked after emails of contractors compromised
Emily Burleigh reports: The Calcasieu Parish School Board has been the victim of a cyber fraud incident. “Because we at the Calcasieu Parish School Board believe in full honesty and transparency, we want to make stakeholders aware of a cyber fraud incident involving our district,” CPSB spokesperson Holly Holland said in a statement to the American…
Martin University discloses ransomware incident
Martin University in Indianapolis disclosed that they were hit by a ransomware attack on January 3, 2022, and have been investigating the incident since then. As is often the case with these attacks, the university was unable to determine whether there had been actual access to files with personal information. As a result, they are…
Illuminate Education Breach Included Los Angeles Unified & Riverside County Districts, Pushing Total Impacted to Over 3M
Update of June 15: For updates on this incident, your best resource is Kristal Kuykendall and THE Journal . Hats off to Kristal Kuykendall and THE Journal for tracking the Illuminate Education breach. Kykendall reports: The breach of student data that occurred during a January 2022 cyberattack targeting Illuminate Education’s systems is now known to have…
Compromised US Academic Credentials Identified Across Various Public and Dark Web Forums
The FBI has issued a private industry notification about the sale of credentials and access to universities on dark web and clear net forums. They write, in part: The FBI has observed incidents of stolen higher education credential information posted on publically accessible online forums or listed for sale on criminal marketplaces. The exposure of…