Add Monroe Public Schools in Michigan to any list you may be keeping of schools hit by ransomware. On January 7, external counsel for the district notified individuals about an incident the district discovered on June 10, 2021 when certain systems and files were encrypted. The district reports that it immediately secured their network and…
Category: Education Sector
COVID Test Data Breach at British School
Sarah Coble reports: A mix-up at a school in Worcestershire, England, caused parents to receive the COVID-19 test results of other people’s children. The data breach, reported today by the Evesham Journal, occurred at co-educational secondary school and sixth-form college The De Montfort School (TDMS) in Evesham, which is part of the Four Stones Multi Academy…
FinalSite ransomware attack shuts down thousands of school websites
Lawrence Abrams reports: FinalSite, a leading school website services provider, has suffered a ransomware attack disrupting access to websites for thousands of schools worldwide. FinalSite is a software as a service (SaaS) provider that offers website design, hosting, and content management solutions for K-12 school districts and universities. FinalSite claims to provide solutions for over 8,000 schools and…
Fired University of Utah researcher exposes breaches in student data
Chris Jones and Nadia Pflaum of KUTV report: Dr. Judith Zimmerman knew she was fired for doing the right thing. She was the lead investigator on a research project on autism in children, which she spearheaded at the Utah Department of Health. She brought that project, and a very sensitive database of data, to the…
‘Unique hackers’ arrested in Indore used to hack IDs of online classes
Shruti Wilson reports: A unique incident related to online classes that started in the corona epidemic has come to light. Police have caught a criminal who used to hack IDs of online classes. Thereafter, he used to illegally join the class and make objectionable videos viral on YouTube. In fact, The Cyberabad police station of…
NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
NY State Comtroller DiNapoli released more school district audits last week. As always, DataBreaches.net looked to see what audits concerned IT security. New Rochelle City School District – Information Technology (2021M-142) Issued Date: December 17, 2021 Audit Objective Determine whether New Rochelle City School District (District) officials established adequate controls over network and financial application…