Billy Camden reports: The founder of a firm at the centre of a major education data breach involving betting companies was subject to a previous government investigation. Unions are now demanding an independent investigation over how the Department for Education gave the firm, which offers screening checks, access to the Learning Records Service database. The…
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College Athlete Recruiting Software Exposed Students’ Medical Info, Grades
Joseph Cox reports: Front Rush, a technology company that provides services to college athletics programs, exposed a server containing more than 700,000 files to the open internet, including college athletes’ medical records, performance reports, driver licenses, and other personal information. Front Rush works with over 30,000 coaches and 9,500 teams according to its website. The company…
NM: 2 months after ransomware attack, Las Cruces Public Schools still crippled by limited internet access
KVIA reports: More than two months after a massive ransomware attack compromised the Las Cruces Public Schools network, a union president told ABC-7 that educators are forced to work extra hours “at the expense of their well-being.” “It has become very overwhelming for our educators,” said Denise Sheehan, the president of the National Education Association in Las…
11 New US School Districts Compromised by Ransomware; 72 in 2019
Security Magazine reports: Eleven new U.S. school districts (comprised of 226 schools) have been compromised by ransomware since late October, says a report by Armor. Since January 2019 to date, Armor has identified a total of 72 school districts and/or individual educational institutions that have publicly reported being a victim of ransomware. These attacks have potentially…
Sunapee school stands up to ransomware goons
Damien Fisher reports: The Wi-Fi service got restarted last week at Sunapee Middle High School, eight weeks after a ransomware attack took out the school’s data. The October attack was discovered first by the district’s technology team when it was determined that all of the data was encrypted, said Superintendent Russell Holden. With a lot…
Hong Kong schools fall victim to cyberattack, raising fears for private data of pupils
Danny Mok reports: Hackers have broken into a government system used by most of Hong Kong’s schools, raising fears for the personal data of pupils, parents and staff. Eight schools operating a web-based administrative network that stores highly sensitive information were breached, with three of them reporting data leaks, the Education Bureau said on Friday…