Lenore Sobota reports: Heartland Community College is working with outside consultants to address a security breach in its computer system. The college’s online operations, including classes, remained shut down on Tuesday morning as a safety measure after the college detected an outside source had compromised some of its systems on Monday, college officials said. Read more on…
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To add to woes, school districts now being hit with DDoS attacks
John Hildebrand reports that two Long Island school districts have both recently experienced disruptions in their ability to function and provide virtual learning due to DDoS attacks. The first was Lindenhurst, and now Bay Shore. Both school districts are in Suffolk County.
Ransomware Threat Actors Dump Data on Clark County School District Employees and Students
Tawnell D. Hobbs reports: A hacker published documents containing Social Security numbers, student grades and other private information stolen from a large public-school district in Las Vegas after officials refused a ransom demanded in return for unlocking district computer servers. The illegal release late last week of sensitive information from the Clark County School District…
Legal action underway over University of Cumbria data breach
Cumbria Crack reports: Students, staff and partners of universities across the UK who may have had their personal details leaked online are preparing to take legal action against the organisations amidst concerns that more should have been done to protect their data. Confidential information including names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses…
Fallout From The Ransomware Attack At Illinois Valley Community College Is Still Far From Over
Peter Medlin has an update on the Pysa (mespinoza) ransomware attack on Illinois Valley Community College that was first disclosed in April. The college had not paid the ransom demand, and has continued to work to recover from the attack. Medlin notes: In the months since the ransomware incident, IVCC has had to rebuild and…
Spokane health district apologizes for accidental disclosure of personal health info
Megan Carroll reports: The Spokane Regional Health District is apologizing on Monday after it accidentally disclosed personal health information to a partner agency. According to a press release, SRHD discovered the unauthorized disclosure to Northeast Washington Educational Service District 101 on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Recipients included school administrations and nursing staff. Read more on KREM.