The Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri has notified 349,246 employees and retirees of a security incident that occurred on September 11. According to their notification letter, an employee’s email account was accessed by an unauthorized individual for less than one hour on that date before IT disabled the account after being…
Category: Education Sector
Convicted SUNY Plattsburgh hacker’s sentencing adjourned, counsel seeks expert services
Fernando Alba of The Press-Republican reports: Convicted hacker and SUNY Plattsburgh alumnus Michael P. Fish’s sentencing has been adjourned again Thursday. Fish’s attorney asked for a 60-day extension to complete court approved expert witness services requested in August, according to court documents. Fish pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft, computer intrusion and child pornography possession…
IL: Potential data leak causes confusion for Belvidere School District parents
13WREX reports: A data error has caused confusion in the Belvidere School District. On Wednesday, the school district sent out an email to parents saying there was an issue involving data surrounding the saliva based COVID-19. The school district said Wednesday night while the University of Illinois SHIELD staff were preparing data files for the…
Williamsville School employees’ private health data inadvertently leaked by Independent Health
WGRZ reports: Independent Health said Friday that the names, member ID numbers and medical information for over 500 Williamsville School District employees were accidentally released to stop loss carriers and brokers. The inadvertent breach took place between August 2019 and August 2021 and was discovered during a regular safety and security review. It did not…
Missouri Teachers’ Social Security numbers at risk on state agency’s website; state’s response is to shoot the messenger?
Josh Renaud reports: The Social Security numbers of school teachers, administrators and counselors across Missouri were vulnerable to public exposure due to flaws on a website maintained by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Post-Dispatch discovered the vulnerability in a web application that allowed the public to search teacher certifications and credentials…
How I hacked ALL displays in my high school district to play Rick Astley
Minh Duong writes: On April 30th, 2021, I rickrolled my high school district. Not just my school but the entirety of Township High School District 214. It’s the second-largest high school district in Illinois, consisting of 6 different schools with over 11,000 enrolled students. This story isn’t one of those typical rickrolls where students sneak…