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Kara Arundel reports: … Ransomware — where threat actors use malware to block access to network systems and then demand payment to unlock it — has been ballooning in the K-12 sector over the last seven years, according to the K12 Security Informa… Continue reading School ransomware attacks are on the rise. What can districts do?
Brandi Vesco reports: The K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) has updated its cybersecurity recommendations for the 2024-25 school year to keep pace with evolving cybersecurity best practices, such as the need for multifactor authentication (MF… Continue reading K12 SIX Releases Updated Framework for School Cybersecurity
Click2Houston reports: A 18-year-old student at Klein Forest High School is currently wanted by police after they say he was responsible for cyber attacks that disrupted STAAR testing for thousands of students in the district. Keontra Lamont Kenemore i… Continue reading Klein ISD student accused of orchestrating cyber attack that disrupted STAAR testing
NJ 101.5 FM reports: A Monmouth County school district hid details about a cyber-attack for over a year. Only now are they revealing student’s sensitive personal data was compromised. Officials at Shore Regional High School District in West Long … Continue reading More than one year later, New Jersey school district reveals data breach with sensitive info
YLE News reports: The perpetrator of a major hacking of the City of Helsinki’s education division’s database could have accessed the personal information of all compulsory school aged children in the capital, as well as their parents or gua… Continue reading Fi: Hacker could have personal information of every schoolkid in Helsinki, City says
Connor Jones reports: Just short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia’s higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of an attack on its systems affecting the data of 800,000 people. University Sys… Continue reading One year on, University System of Georgia admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800k people
Carl Campanile reports: More than 380,000 additional city public-school students had their personal data hacked in a massive cyber attack — bringing the total number of kids affected to well over 1 million, The Post has learned. The New York City Depar… Continue reading More than 380,000 additional NYC students had info breached in 2022 Illuminate Education hack
Lok Jian Wen reports: The names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers of 127 primary and secondary schools were leaked after a mobile platform on students’ personal learning devices was hacked, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on April 19. T… Continue reading Sg: App managing student devices in 127 schools hacked; names and e-mail addresses leaked: MOE
On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education—in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—held the kickoff meeting of the Education Facilities Subsector Government Coordinating Council (GCC), designed to facil… Continue reading K12 SIX Applauds Launch of K-12 Education Cybersecurity Council
J.P. Isbell reports: The students who go to Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) will have an extra day (or two) to celebrate spring break – but not for a good reason. And it’s no joke, even though it’s April Fools’ Day soon. Phone calls and email… Continue reading TCAPS Hacked? School Cancelled on Monday for Students at Traverse City Area Public Schools