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Illuminate Education Mega-Breach Affects K-12 Students

Data Breach Today

Probe Finds 1 Million Students' Personal Details Stolen From Unencrypted Database New York state officials are investigating a data breach at Illuminate Education, maker of a widely used software platform for K-12 schools.

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College Students Help Boost Cybersecurity With Free Clinics

Data Breach Today

New Program Pairs Universities and Students With Small, Resource-Poor Organizations A new initiative in the U.S. is pairing college students with university researchers to strengthen cybersecurity defenses for resource-poor organizations and small businesses.

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Deakin Uni Students Suffer Smishing Attack, Data Breach

Data Breach Today

Threat actors carried out smishing attacks on nearly 10,000 Autralian higher education students enrolled at Deakin University and downloaded PII of about 47,000 students. Hackers compromised an employee's credentials to access the university's third-party SMS solutions provider to execute the attack.

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NYC Special Needs Student's Records Found Exposed on Web

Data Breach Today

Researcher Says Database Containing Nearly 50,000 Documents Appears Secure Now Nearly 50,000 documents containing personal information of special education students who live in New York City and attend public school there were recently found exposed on the internet in an unsecured database. Some of those records date back to 2018.

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Case Study — Digital Student IDs Elevate Educational Experience

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Higher education is moving towards digital experiences. Digital student IDs & mobile IDs improve campus life, create safer interactions, & simply processes.

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College Board Agrees to Settle with the New York Attorney General Over Student Data Privacy

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On February 13, 2024, New York Attorney General (“NY AG”) Letitia James and New York State Education Department Commissioner (“NYSED”) Betty A. Rosa announced that College Board has agreed to settle charges in connection with allegations that it violated New York Education Law § 2-d, New York’s student privacy law.

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National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacted approximately 900 US schools

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educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. National Student Clearinghouse encourages impacted individuals to remain vigilant by reviewing their account statements and monitoring their free credit reports for suspicious activity. “WE