Folks — I know a lot of you may be receiving mail — some of it incorrect — about the AMCA breach, but do not call me about it. Call the party that sent you the notification or Google their name to find out more. I cannot help you. If they sent something to your…
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SuperINN Plus notifying clients of hack; more than 43,000 consumers impacted
Sark Technologies is proud of its reservation and management system, SuperINN. They describe it as the first web-based property management system designed specifically for the small lodging system. They also advertise that SuperINN easily integrates with third-party sites and safely processes and stores credit cards. On August 2, however, their external counsel notified consumers and…
GA: Hackers gain access to D-428 students’ names, birthdates through third-party platform breach
Kelsey Rettke reports: DeKALB – The first and last names and birthdates of DeKalb School District 428 students were accessed by a hacker after a data breach on a web platform operated by Pearson Clinical Assessment, a performance assessment tool used by educators around the globe, district Superintendent Jaime Craven said Friday. Read more on…
More than 24,000 Greenville County schools students, alumni impacted by data breach
Conor Hughes and Donna Isbell Walker report: The names and birth dates of more than 24,000 current and former students of the Greenville County school district were exposed by a data breach, according to a statement from the district. Students born between 2004 and 2011 who attended kindergarten in the district between 2012 and 2017…
NV: CCSD says data breach has exposed student, staff information
Ricardo Torres-Cortez reports: Names and “in some instances” dates of birth of more than 550,000 former and current Clark County School District students were compromised in a data security incident. The snafu occurred with a clinical assessment program — also known as AIMSweb — which was contracted by CCSD through the Pearson vendor, said the…
IL: Dist. 26 Discovers Data Breach (Pearson)
Journal Staff reports: River Trails School Dist. 26 officials said they became aware Wednesday (July 31) of a data breach that occurred last November affecting student information dating back to 1997. According to Dist. 26 Supt. Nancy Wagner, the district received a letter from Pearson, a British-owned education publishing and assessment service for schools and…