Violet Ikonomova reports: Leave it to kids in one of Michigan’s best school districts to have figured out how to hack the district’s grading system and (presumably) give themselves A’s. A message posted to the Bloomfield Hills Schools website alerts parents that “a couple” students made “some poor choices lately,” hacking into the district’s student…
Human error to blame in vast majority of education data breaches
Mark Satter reports: The nation relies on teachers to educate our children and help them when they make mistakes. But when it comes to protecting students’ data, it is often the teachers and school staff who mistakenly let bad actors in to school computer systems, officials say. In a hearing Thursday before the House Committee…
So was TheDarkOverlord really arrested?
Over the past few days, I’ve been asked by many people what I think about reports that Serbian police arrested a member of TheDarkOverlord. Some journalists seem to be going even further and reporting that multiple arrests have been made. I’ve said repeatedly and will repeat it here: I don’t know who did get arrested,…
Steward Must Convince Jury Doc Fired For HIPAA Violation
Chris Villani reports: Steward Healthcare System LLC will need to convince a jury it fired a psychiatrist for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and not because, as the doctor claims, he took disability leave after getting pneumonia, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday in denying part of a summary judgment bid. You…
Los Angeles County 211 exposed call logs with details
Another day, another leak involving sensitive information. From the UpGuard team: The UpGuard Cyber Risk Team can now disclose that sensitive data from the Los Angeles County 211 service, a nonprofit assistance organization described on their website as “the central source for providing information and referrals for all health and human services in LA County,” was…
Tidal Investigating ‘Potential Data Breach’ After Reports of Inflated Subscriber and Streaming Numbers
Jem Aswad reports: Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming platform has announced that it has enlisted an “independent, third party cyber-security firm” to investigate a possible data breach, according to Music Business Worldwide. While the platform has been accused of exaggerating its subscriber numbers and streaming numbers for Kanye West’s “Life of Pablo” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade” albums —…