Kari Lucin reports: A District 518 employee’s email was hacked and an investigation is underway to determine whether any data was compromised. “At this point we don’t anticipate it to be a major data breach or a large issue, but we’re trying to ensure we do our due diligence on checking,” said Superintendent John Landgaard,…
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Herff Jones settles data breach law suit for $4.35 million
There’s an update to the Herff Jones data breach previously noted on this site. According to TopClassActions: Herff Jones will pay $4.35 million to resolve claims it failed to protect its customers during a 2021 data breach. The settlement benefits individuals whose payment card information was exposed during the Herff Jones data breach. Included consumers…
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats
They deserve good press for this — here’s their full press release from today: Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats The Critical Infrastructure Defense Project will provide comprehensive, no-cost cyber protections for U.S. hospitals and water and power utilities SAN FRANCISCO — March…
OH: Hilliard City Schools evaluating protocols after releasing 4,200 names of students in public-information request
A. Kevin Corvo reports: Hilliard City Schools leaders are reviewing protocols related to public-information requests after learning Feb. 27 the district released the identity of students who were subject to disciplinary measures. “This was a mistake (and) we need to be better. … Steps are being taken to ensure that it won’t happen again,” Superintendent David…
Adafruit discloses data leak from ex-employee’s GitHub repo
Ax Sharma reports: Adafruit has disclosed a data leak that occurred due to a publicly-viewable GitHub repository. The company suspects this could have allowed “unauthorized access” to information about certain users on or before 2019. Based in New York City, Adafruit is a producer of open-source hardware components since 2005. The company designs, manufactures, and sells electronics…
Malware now using stolen NVIDIA code signing certificates
Lawrence Abrams reports: Threat actors are using stolen NVIDIA code signing certificates to sign malware to appear trustworthy and allow malicious drivers to be loaded in Windows. […] After Lapsus$ leaked NVIDIA’s code-signing certificates, security researchers quickly found that the certificates were being used to sign malware and other tools used by threat actors. According to samples…