Jonathan Greig reports: About 60 credit unions are dealing with outages due to a ransomware attack on a widely-used technology provider. National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) spokesperson Joseph Adamoli said the ransomware attack targeted the cloud services provider Ongoing Operations, a company owned by credit union technology firm Trellance. Read more at The Record.
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NYS Comptroller Audit: North Tonawanda City School District – Information Technology (2023M-102)
NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released an audit of the North Tonawanda City School District. Summary: Issued Date: November 03, 2023< [Read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether North Tonawanda City School District (District) officials properly secured user account access to the network and managed user account permissions in financial and student information…
NYS Comptroller Audit: Brentwood Union Free School District – Information Technology (2023M-83)
NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released an audit of the Brentwood Union Free School District on Long Island. Summary: Issued Date: November 03, 2023 [Read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Brentwood Union Free School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and officials ensured computerized data was safeguarded by monitoring network user…
If you’re in Rock County, Wisconsin, do NOT read this post. Absolutely do not read this post.
If you’re in Rock County, Wisconsin, it seems your Information Technology Director and Corporation Counsel do not want you to know certain things about the September ransomware attack — even though people in the rest of the country may already know what they have decided not to tell you. They didn’t even tell your own…
PA: Great Valley School District Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack
As DataBreaches noted yesterday on infosec.exchange, the Medusa ransomware gang claims to have hit Great Valley School District in Pennsylvania. They provide a filetree showing a lot of Skyward, Canvas, PowerSchool, and other internal files, as well as 20+ screencaps of student info and employee info files to support their claim. They are demanding $600k…
MT: Personal information of 900 Butte School District employees compromised in cyberattack
John Emeigh reports: Personal information, including social security numbers, was compromised in a cyberattack on the Butte School District that directly impacted more than 900 school district employees. Butte School Superintendent Judy Jonart said employees have been offered 12 months of free credit monitoring protection. […] School officials first noticed the district’s computer system was…