Lyons Companies issued a breach notification press release on August 23. Let’s skip the PR and cut to the chase, shall we? What Happened? On March 12, 2019, Lyons learned of unusual activity in an employee email account. It turned out two employee email accounts were accessed without authorization. One email account was subject to unauthorized…
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AZ: Camp Verde Unified School District hit with ransomware attack as school year starts
Jon Hecht reports: Camp Verde Unified School District had its first day on Monday, Aug. 5. In addition to the usual stress and confusion that can come with new students and a new school year, the district was plagued with a much more serious difficulty — their computer systems had been hacked. On Friday, July…
18,000 Valley View 365U students affected by Pearson breach
Add 18,000 Valley View District 365U students to those affected by the Pearson data breach. Read more on The Herald-News. The following notice is posted on the district’s web site: Notice to VVSD Community Regarding Pearson Clinical Assessment Data Breach VVSD Discontinued Use of Pearson Product in 2016 Valley View Public School District was recently…
Data breach exposes personal information of 18,500 Bismarck Public Schools students
Blair Emerson reports: About 18,500 current and former Bismarck Public Schools students had some of their personal information exposed in a data breach at a company that provides a universal screening tool to the district. Okay, we can add them to any list. From looking at Bismarck’s August 12 parent letter, posted on their web…
Delta Airlines sues [24]7.ai over 2017 data breach
Those with good memories may recall that in April, 2018, we learned that hundreds of thousands of customers of Delta Airlines, Sears, Kmart, and BestBuy were impacted by a breach involving [24]7.ai – a California headquartered service that provides online customer chat for their clients’ web sites. The breach occurred between September 26 and October…
Education software glitch gives predators easy access to school kids
Christopher Harris reports: Australia’s top cyber safety boss has warned that strangers can directly contact students via a privacy glitch in education software, which is available to every public school student in NSW. The loophole allows predators to verify a student’s email using Google Hangouts and then contact them directly or by sharing a Google…