Brian New reports: A rising number of cyberattacks on Texas schools is exposing a troubling vulnerability. A CBS 11 I-Team investigation found in the past two years at least 67 school districts in Texas have suffered a cybersecurity breach. The incidents range from teachers accidentally emailing student personal information out to the whole class to…
Category: Of Note
Trial blocked by police data loss; murder suspect released
AP reports a follow-up to a data loss incident reported earlier this month: A murder suspect was released from jail Monday after his trial was postponed when Dallas police revealed they had lost a massive amount of criminal data. Read more on AP.
Pearson to pay $1M fine for misleading investors about 2018 data breach
Carly Page reports: Pearson, a London-based publishing and education giant that provides software to schools and universities has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a 2018 data breach resulting in the theft of millions of student records. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement on Monday after the…
OH: Memorial Health System experiences ransomware attack
Amy Phelps reports that on Sunday morning, Memorial Health System experienced a ransomware attack. In a press conference, CEO Scott Cantley provided some information and informed the public that the health system is working with emergency backup systems and “modifying some of the things we do. We will continue to provide exceptional care to our community.” According…
T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Customer Data Breach
Joseph Cox reports: T-Mobile says it is investigating a forum post claiming to be selling a mountain of personal data. The forum post itself doesn’t mention T-Mobile, but the seller told Motherboard they have obtained data related to over 100 million people, and that the data came from T-Mobile servers. The data includes social security…
Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist
Joe Tidy provides an update on one of the weirdest hacking stories in my recent memory: someone makes a huge heist of cryptocurrency, sends messages to the world and returns the funds, says they did it for fun, and turns down a reward they were offered. A hacker who stole just over $600m (£433m) worth…