Collaborate Disseminate
Lavanya Sathyamurthy writes: Schools now depend on an average of 2,591 edtech tools in a single school year, according to one estimate. These tools can track private conversations between teachers and families and store comprehensive academic and perso… Continue reading The Case for Making EdTech Companies Liable Under FERPA
Jordan Sollof reports: Pathology supplier Synnovis is contacting NHS organisations which had data stolen and published online following a major cyber attack last year. The ransomware attack on 4 June 2024, which led to a patient death, caused widesprea… Continue reading NHS providers reviewing stolen Synnovis data published by cyber criminals
Daniel P. O’Meara, Jeffrey D. Coren, and Zachary V. Zagger of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. write: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that violations of employers’ computer access policies do not constit… Continue reading Gates Down: Third Circuit Says Breaking Employer Computer Access Policies Is Not Hacking
Martin Matishak reports: A deal to reopen the U.S. government would also renew an expired cybersecurity information sharing law until the end of January. The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation to end a weeks-long shutdown stalemate that includes a p… Continue reading Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Russian man has pleaded guilty to hacking US companies and selling access to ransomware groups. Aleksei Olegovich Volkov went online under the hacker name of chubaka.kor, and worked as an initial access broker (IAB) for the Y… Continue reading Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
Divya reports: Intel is pursuing legal action against a former software engineer who the company claims downloaded thousands of confidential files shortly after being fired in July. The incident highlights growing concerns about data security during wo… Continue reading Lawsuit Alleges Ex-Intel Employee Hid 18,000 Sensitive Documents Prior to Leaving the Company
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: A new bill, proposed by Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), purports to apply the privacy and security practices under the HITECH Act, to entities that pr… Continue reading HIPAA, but for non-Covered Entities?
Alan Henney reports: Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS) are closed on Monday due to a cybersecurity incident that has led to connectivity disruptions and phone outages across the school system, officials said. Dr. Kevin Newman, MCPS superintendent, sa… Continue reading Manassas City Public Schools close on Monday due to cyberattack
Hannah Weaver reports: The Superior Court of California for the County of San Joaquin announced Friday afternoon that it found an “unauthorized person” had gained access to the court’s computer network last year. That breach included individuals’ sensi… Continue reading San Joaquin County Superior Court concludes sensitive info leaked in data breach
Dialogue Pakistan reports: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested a man for allegedly selling the personal data of millions of Pakistani citizens online, officials said on Friday. A hard disk reportedly containing sensitive … Continue reading NCCIA arrests man over massive data breach involving millions of Pakistanis