Yesterday, a listing appeared on a popular hacking forum offering data for sale that were reported to be from the US Department of Education (Ed.gov). According to the listing, the leaked information includes: “ID, UserID, UserName, MobileNumber, LevelID, ConsumerID, Type, FeedBack, SubjectID, Subject, Replied, Token, Completed, Date, Updated, Deleted, and Origin” DataBreaches contacted the…
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CT: New Haven Board of Education victim of $6 million cyber theft
Doug Stewart reports: The city of New Haven suffered a $6 million theft in a cyber attack earlier this year it was announced Thursday. To date, law enforcement officials have recovered over half the money. Officials said the cyber attack targeted the Board of Education’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer in what was described…
Thousands of students’ data breached in Minnesota Department of Education hack
Hayley Raatis reports that about 95,000 students have been affected by the MOVEit file transfer breach that also affected the Minnesota Department of Education. The initial investigation found 24 files were accessed due to the vulnerability. These files included data transferred to MDE from the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to meet state and…
Update on GLBA Safeguards Rule in Higher Education
Benjamin Wanger and Pierce T. Cox of BakerHostetler write: On February 9, 2023, the Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid (“FSA”) issued an electronic notice regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule amending the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (“Safeguards Rule”) under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). The amendments to the Safeguards Rule, which go into…
UK: The Downs School, hit by possible cyber attack, seeking help from West Berkshire Council, the Department for Education and cyber security experts
Niki Hinman reports: Pupils at a Compton school have been without access to the internet for nearly a week – because of a possible cyber attack. Downs School wrote to parents explaining that IT systems had been compromised. […] He said the IT department has been working closely with the Department For Education, West Berkshire…
Illuminate Education Beats Lawsuit Over Breach of Student Data
Christopher Brown reports: Illuminate Education Inc. defeated a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to protect the information of more than 3 million elementary and high school students that was exposed in a late-December 2021 data breach. The plaintiffs failed to show that they had suffered concrete harm from the breach or were at…