New York State Comptroller DiNapoli released more school district audits in June. As always, some of the audits do not reveal all the concerns or recommendations. Some concerns or recommendations are shared with districts confidentially for security reasons. Here are summaries of audits of school districts released in June that relate to school district IT:…
Category: Education Sector
School Admin Shared Non-Public Details of Ransomware Attack with Private Company
Scott Travis reports ethical questions about yet more lack of transparency by Broward County Public Schools when they were hit by Conti ransomware. In November 2021, DataBreaches provided a brief recap of the situation to that date, reporting that In March, 2021, Broward County Public Schools disclosed a breach that captured the public’s attention when Conti…
Grand Valley State University hit by ransomware but remains publicly silent
According to its website, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Michigan currently has 19,239 undergraduate students and 3,027 graduate students. The university offers 141 undergraduate and graduate degrees and employs 1,760 faculty members and 2,050 support staff members. Almost all of their students get some kind of financial aid. Those are some commendable statistics. But…
Data allegedly from “Georgia Board of Education” up for sale on a forum?
Some data allegedly from the Georgia Board of Education was offered for sale on a hacking-related forum last week. But were they really from the state board of education? After DataBreaches started asking questions, the listing seems to have been removed. Last week, DataBreaches.net spotted a listing on a hacking-related forum that offered what was…
Ca: Personal details of 15,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland students leaked in email goof
Alex Kennedy reports: The personal information of about 15,000 students at Memorial University was accidentally shared with other students in an inadvertent data breach, the university said Friday. The breach happened on Thursday as part of an email campaign from the school’s career development email. About 1,000 students received emails that contained other students’ personal information, according to a…
Tenafly Public Schools Canceled Finals After Ransomware Attack
Jackie Roman reported this on June 9: Tenafly Public Schools went back to the basics this week — using overhead projectors, paper, pencils and hands-on activities in classrooms — when a ransomware attack crippled the district’s computer system. Final exams were also canceled for all of the district’s high school students as the Bergen County…