The Quint reports: A complaint has been filed against the Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi (DU) over allegations of the varsity having leaked personal data of final-year students in admit cards issued ahead of the controversial online Open Book Examinations. The complaint, filed by former Delhi University Student’s Union President Arun Hooda at…
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Citizen of Kazakhstan known as “fxmsp” charged with computer fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy for hacking hundreds of corporate networks in more than 40 countries worldwide
Wow. There will be a lot of media coverage about this one, but let’s start with the DOJ’s press announcement and indictment: Prolific hacker sold network access to other cybercriminals on various underground forums, enabling various further cyberattacks Seattle – An indictment was unsealed today in the Western District of Washington charging a citizen of…
University of Michigan: Leaked emails, passwords were from ‘3rd-party data breaches’
Nisa Khan reports: University of Michigan students got a scare Friday night: warnings circulating on social media about an apparent data breach leaking their U-M email addresses and passwords. On Saturday, the University of Michigan released a statement saying the information was from older “third-party data breaches, such as Chegg, Zynga, LinkedIn” where users used their student emails to sign…
Serious data privacy breach at DU admit card 2020 download portal, students’ personal details available
Roshni Chakrabarty reports: Early on Thursday, two Twitter users pointed out the serious data privacy breach problems arising in the DU admit card 2020 download portal, which is part of the official Delhi University website. Anyone with the ‘gateway password’ can download the admit cards of all students in any Delhi University college. Read more…
Report: e-Learning Data Breach Exposes 1 Million College Students’ Data
Breitbart reports: Over one million students that have used the OneClass e-learning platform may have had their personal data breached. A report published on Thursday suggests that the popular educational platform experienced a significant data breach this week, creating a “goldmine for criminal hackers.” Read more on Breitbart.
UCSF admits it paid NetWalker more than $1 million ransom
On June 4, this site noted that NetWalker ransomware operators had added the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) to their website where they name victims who have not paid their ransom demands. I did not expect the university to pay, commenting, at the time, “I wonder if the threat actors know how many…