Ryan Forbes reports: Technology staff with Confederation College are investigating a potential security breach after a malware incident downed many of the college’s online services over the weekend. At this time, there is no evidence that any personal information of students has been removed or taken, though a forensic investigation is being conducted by a…
100K IU Student GPAs Accidentally Made Available To All Students, Staff
Tyler Lake reports: Indiana University officials say a tool designed to help university staff access student grade point averages was unintentionally made available to the entire IU community. Spokesperson Chuck Carney says the tool was immediately disabled once the ability to access all enrolled students’ GPAs was made known to IU officials. The Indiana Daily Student…
Your Poorly Secured Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care
I didn’t even know I had/have a medical credit score. Do I? Do you? Joe Cadillic sends along this eye-opener of a report by Keith Axline: Private hospitals are now consulting a secret medical credit score from Experian before you even see a doctor. As a patient you do not have access to this score,…
Journalist Glenn Greenwald’s cybercrime charges dismissed by Brazil judge
Great news! Jon Porter reports: A judge in Brazil has rejected the accusations of hacking leveled at Glenn Greenwald after he reported on the country’s anti-corruption task force, The Associated Press reports. Prosecutors had claimed the journalist was guilty of criminal association after The Intercept Brasil published a series of reports based on private messages involving the country’s justice minister. Greenwald was…
PA: Allegheny Intermediate Unit investigates malware attack, avoids ransom payment
Jeff Himler reports: Allegheny Intermediate Unit alerted its employees Thursday afternoon to a recent malware attack on its data network but said there’s no initial evidence the perpetrator accessed sensitive information. According to the employee notice, which was made available to the Tribune-Review, an “unknown entity” encrypted portions of the intermediate unit’s network and demanded…
Kobe Steel, Pasco hit in latest cyberattack cases: Defense Ministry
Kyodo News reports: Kobe Steel Ltd. and satellite data provider Pasco Corp. have come under cyberattacks, the latest in a series of confirmed cases of attacks on Japanese defense-related companies, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. The ministry, however, said it has not confirmed a leakage of classified information from the two companies. Read more on…