WNDU in Indiana reports that the unnamed ISP for Baugo Community Schools has been the target of cyberattacks that began Monday morning. Officials say no Baugo Community Schools data has been compromised. However, the cyber attacks have disrupted virtual learning. Read more on WNDU.
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Jefferson Parish Schools data breach exposes 86 students’ information
Faimon Roberts reports: A data breach that exposed 86 Jefferson Parish public school students’ confidential student portal log information to more than 40,000 families was caused by a problem with a vendor, a school system spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. […] When system officials began to receive calls about the problem, they contacted EdGear, the vendor that…
Report: “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking:” GitHub Leaks of Protected Health Information
The message request showed up in my Twitter notifications: Hi There! 🙂 I see you have some experience in getting the right amount of attention for medicaid related data leaks. I have found admin credentials to some super sensitive medical billing processing system and get nothing but silence on all available contact channels and no…
TX: Cyber attack affects Hudson ISD website
As noted previously on this site, there have recently been a number of attacks on school districts in eastern Texas. Here’s another report on the situation that links the attacks to some districts’ cloud-based hosting service. Grace Juarez reports: Hudson ISD’s website was down throughout the weekend and Monday after a cyber attack affected the…
NZ police terminate contract with Gravitas after breach
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: Police are axing their contract with Auckland research firm Gravitas after information they sent the firm about police complainants was lost in a Nigerian hack. Assistant commissioner Jevon McSkimming announced earlier this month – without naming the company – that Gravitas had alerted Police to the data breach and had also reported it…
VA sending letter to 1,501 Montana vets about business associate ransomware incident
The Great Falls Tribune reports: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration on Thursday announced actions taken to protect veterans’ personal information following a recent privacy breach involving files from the Montana VA Health Care System. Officials said they were notified June 4, by former contractor Benefits Recovery Specialists Inc. of “a data…