Lauryn Schroeder reports: An October data breach of San Diego Unified School District’s network involved students’ medical information, the district told families in a letter sent this month. Dennis Monahan, executive director of risk services for the district, said an investigation into the breach has revealed that the names and medical information of students were…
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New York audit: School districts unprepared for cyber attacks
Kathleen Moore reports: Student data, including names, birth dates and addresses, are not always kept secure by school districts or the state Education Department, the state Comptroller’s Office found in an audit issued Tuesday. The Education Department “has not taken the fundamental steps or improved the technical controls needed to secure its own critical systems,” the…
Our Definition of Harm Is Harmful
Bill Fitzgerald writes: In April 2023, the class action lawsuit against Illuminate Education was thrown out because the judge in the case determined that the people whose data was impacted by the breach could not show any harm, or any instances of identity theft, from the breach. This decision is both fully in line with past situations…
Bluefield University cyberattack affects employees, students, and some students’ parents (2)
Updated May 13: It appears that Bluefield U. has not warned students that the university’s system is still compromised and that the threat actor can see and acquire files. Yesterday, a student that DataBreaches will not name submitted a Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant application with his full Social Security number, date of birth, and other…
#StopRansomware: Malicious Actors Exploit CVE-2023-27350 in PaperCut MF and NG
Jen Easterly, Director of CISA, tweeted: In early May 2023, a group self-identifying as the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang was observed attempting to exploit vulnerable PaperCut servers at educational institutions. Read our joint advisory with @FBI and apply patches or workarounds today: http://go.dhs.gov/4sz The advisory is embedded below:
Ontario school district hit by cyber attack discovers additional info stolen
Lynn Greiner reports: The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has sent letters to students and former students informing them their personal information was compromised in a cyber attack that was first announced on Dec. 15, 2022. The attack initially took down the board’s website, as well as telephones, public address systems, and email for all…