Schools Week reports: The information watchdog is investigating reports of a data breach on the Class Charts behaviour management platform, which is used by tens of thousands of teachers. Some parents logging on to Class Charts last week were reportedly shown data relating to other children. The Information Commissioner’s Office told Schools Week it had “received a…
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Tx: BISD phone system now back online with new vendor following ransomware attack
Fox4Beaumont reports: The Beaumont ISD phone system is now back online with a new vendor following a nationwide ransomware attack on January 23 that impacted the district’s entire phone system, according to information Jackie Simien, BISD’s Director of Community and Media Relations, provided to KFDM/Fox4 News. The district has since changed phone vendors. The district…
Raptor Technologies’ unsecured blob exposure was worse than they acknowledged. Here’s what we know — and don’t know — so far.
On January 11, DataBreaches noted a concerning blob exposure discovered by Jerome Fowler and first reported by vpnMentor. As WIRED’s Matt Burgess reported: Last month, security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered 800 gigabytes of files and logs linked to school software provider Raptor Technologies. The firm provides software that allows schools to track student attendance, monitor…
US School Shooter Emergency Plans Exposed in Raptor Technologies Data Leak
Matt Burgess reports: Thousands of emergency planning documents from US schools—including their safety procedures for active shooter emergencies—were leaked in a trove of more than 4 million records that were inadvertently made public. Last month, security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered 800 gigabytes of files and logs linked to school software provider Raptor Technologies. The firm…
Welltok databreach affects CHI St. Alexius patients
Elizabeth Shores reports: Patients at CHI St. Alexius are receiving letters from Welltok, Inc., a third-party vendor, about a significant data breach. Welltok said it learned at the end of July about a data leak that had taken place during the summer. Welltok said it notified St. Alexius about the extent of the leak on…
CBIZ KA Notice of Data Privacy Incident (Prime Healthcare)
CBIZ KA, a third-party vendor for Prime Healthcare (Prime), discovered a security incident involving CBIZ’s use of MOVEit Transfer software, which has recently reported a security vulnerability. Prime takes the responsibility of safeguarding your information very seriously, and while Prime systems were not involved in the incident, CBIZ KA uses MOVEit Transfer to securely transfer…