Ellen Ullman reports: When Kerri Wall’s school district decided not to renew its five-year contract with an edtech company last spring, she didn’t expect the hardest part to come after the breakup. As the senior digital innovation administrator for the School District of Indian River County in Florida — and designated student data privacy officer…
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Benworth Capital Partners negotiated with threat actors after more than 25,000 lenders had data stolen
Benworth Capital Partners PR LLC is a licensed lender in Florida that describes itself as a “hard money lender.” Benworth claims they make the decisions to fund hard money loans “based on our unique criteria that’s a lot different than a bank, credit union, or mainstream online lender. The funds used for our hard money…
Attorney General James and Multistate Coalition Secure $5.1 Million from Illuminate Education For Failing to Protect Students’ Data
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that they have secured $5.1 million from educational technology company Illuminate Education, Inc. (Illuminate) for failing to protect students’ data. Illuminate provides software to schools and school districts across the country to track students’ attendance…
The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures.
Fatima Hussein reports: The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government data to malicious actors. The small government office, with some 275 employees, provides objective, impartial analysis to support lawmakers during the budget process. It is required to produce a cost estimate for nearly every bill approved by…
Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post
Pierluigi Paganini reports: The Clop Ransomware group announced the hack of the prestigious American daily newspaper The Washington Post. The cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will leak the stolen data soon. The group claimed the company was breached due to its neglect of security, despite its…
Nevada Refused to Pay Cyberattack Ransom as Systems Sat Compromised for Months
Mark Pearson reports: According to an official document newly released by the Nevada office responsible for the state’s technology infrastructure, Nevada’s state systems sat unknowingly compromised for three months before officials noticed a major ransomware attack and flagged it up in August. […] The perpetrators compromised a password vault server to harvest credentials from 26…