Tomasia DaSilva reports: A Calgary charity has confirmed to Global News it was the victim of an email data breach last fall. Now, one of its former clients wants to know why it took so long to be alerted. The Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) sent an email to Michael Friesen on Wednesday to inform him…
Potential privacy breach after documents stolen from abandoned Auckland police station
Rachel Maher reports: Police have alerted the Privacy Commissioner after a burglar broke into the former Auckland police station and stole documents and expired pepper spray. The police were made aware of the break-in while carrying out a search warrant at a Mount Albert address where police property was found. The items found included documents…
Martin University discloses ransomware incident
Martin University in Indianapolis disclosed that they were hit by a ransomware attack on January 3, 2022, and have been investigating the incident since then. As is often the case with these attacks, the university was unable to determine whether there had been actual access to files with personal information. As a result, they are…
Illuminate Education Breach Included Los Angeles Unified & Riverside County Districts, Pushing Total Impacted to Over 3M
Update of June 15: For updates on this incident, your best resource is Kristal Kuykendall and THE Journal . Hats off to Kristal Kuykendall and THE Journal for tracking the Illuminate Education breach. Kykendall reports: The breach of student data that occurred during a January 2022 cyberattack targeting Illuminate Education’s systems is now known to have…
Compromised US Academic Credentials Identified Across Various Public and Dark Web Forums
The FBI has issued a private industry notification about the sale of credentials and access to universities on dark web and clear net forums. They write, in part: The FBI has observed incidents of stolen higher education credential information posted on publically accessible online forums or listed for sale on criminal marketplaces. The exposure of…
North Orange County Community College District was hit by ransomware in January
In March, DataBreaches reported that North Orange County Community College District in California had been notifying more than 19,000 people about a data security incident. This week, NOCCCD submitted a notification to the California Attorney Genera’s Office, but it does not appear to be an update as much as a delayed notification to the state….