Marco A. De Felice, aka “Amvinfe,” reports: A new day, a new victim of a cyberattack in the field of education worldwide. This time, it’s the Hopewell Area School District (KG-12), a school district comprising 5 schools (Hopewell High School, Hopewell Memorial Junior High School, Margaret Ross Elementary, Independence Elementary, Hopewell Elementary) located in Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA, U.S., with…
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Audits of New York schools and the State Education Department reveal ongoing significant concerns
In May, the NYS Comptroller’s Office released an audit conducted to determine if the New York State Education Department (SED) consistently follows all laws and regulations regarding the safety and privacy of students’ data, and whether SED is properly monitoring school districts to ensure they are complying with the legislation and regulations that govern data…
Education Sector Heavily Targeted as the School Year Begins
A threat highlight from the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC): Summary As the 2023 school year begins, threat actors are poised to launch various types of cyberattacks ranging from direct deposit scams to ransomware. The education sector is often targeted during holiday breaks. Threat actors take advantage of this pastime when staff is away or just…
Listing for sale of U.S. Education Department data may not be what you expect
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…
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…