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MN: District 518 is investigating whether data was compromised when an employee’s email account was hacked

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Dissent

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

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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OH: Hilliard City Schools evaluating protocols after releasing 4,200 names of students in public-information request

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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Adafruit discloses data leak from ex-employee’s GitHub repo

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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Malware now using stolen NVIDIA code signing certificates

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Dissent

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…

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