The Education Sector Experienced the Highest Number of Data Breaches in 2023
KnowBe4
MAY 7, 2024
New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.
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UK Cyber Security Council to Tackle Education, Standards
Data Breach Today
JUNE 5, 2021
Cyber Security Council is a new self-regulatory body for the profession. Claudia Natanson Describes Vision of U.K.’s s New Self-Regulatory Body U.K. It is tasked by the U.K. Government to execute their vision for the U.K.
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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack
Security Affairs
AUGUST 6, 2023
The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.
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Helping higher education institutions graduate to data intelligence
Collibra
JUNE 27, 2023
Many operate highly complex data ecosystems with large volumes of data spread across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. 1) How can institutions of higher education use data to start making strategic decisions? 1) How can institutions of higher education use data to start making strategic decisions?
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X will collect biometric data from its premium users
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes.”
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Strengthening Higher Education Institutions against evolving cyberthreats
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 24, 2024
As cyberthreats continue to evolve, it is crucial for higher education institutions and universities to be vigilant. Enforcing security strategies prudently designed to safeguard digital assets and the integrity of their academic research provides better cyber resilience.
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Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Missouri Governor Mike Parson made headlines last year when he vowed to criminally prosecute a journalist for reporting a security flaw in a state website that exposed personal information of more than 100,000 teachers. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting a security vulnerability that exposed teacher SSNs. In October 2021, St.
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GUEST ESSAY: 7 tips for protecting investor data when it comes to alternative asset trading
The Last Watchdog
JULY 11, 2023
When it comes to alternative asset trading, protecting investor data is of critical importance. Related: Preserving the privacy of the elderly As more traders and investors engage in these investment avenues, it is crucial to adopt robust security measures to safeguard sensitive and regulated information.
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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 24, 2022
Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. However, with technology innovation comes new risks, security challenges and threats.
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Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach and reset customers? pwds
Security Affairs
MAY 24, 2020
The online education portal EduCBA discloses a data breach and is resetting customers’ passwords in response to the incident. Online education website EduCBA discloses a data breach, it has started notifying customers that in response to the incident it is resetting their passwords. Pierluigi Paganini.
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Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years.
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Bl00dy Ransomware Gang actively targets the education sector exploiting PaperCut RCE
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2023
CISA and FBI warned of attacks conducted by the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang against the education sector in the country. The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory warning that the Bl00dy Ransomware group is actively targeting the education sector by exploiting the PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability CVE-2023-27350.
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Huntress Buys Security Training Provider Curricula for $22M
Data Breach Today
JULY 21, 2022
Firm's Largest Acquisition to Extend User Education to Small to Midsized Clients Huntress has made the largest acquisition in its eight-year history, buying Curricula to boost user education.
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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 9, 2022
Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.
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The Information Commissioner’s Office Issues UK Department for Education with Formal Reprimand
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
On November 2, 2022, the ICO issued to the UK Department for Education (“ DfE ”) a formal reprimand following an investigation into the sharing of personal data stored on the Learning Records Service (“ LRS ”), a database which provides a record of pupils’ qualifications that the DfE has overall responsibility for.
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Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
The company disclosed the security incident after the ransomware gang BianLian listed the organization on its Tor leak site. The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data.
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Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of 100,000 elementary and secondary teachers. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting a security vulnerability that exposed teacher SSNs.
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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. ” reads the advisory.
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Data breaches grow across UK education sector
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
A recent freedom of information request by chartered accountants UHY Hacker Young reveals a worrying rise in reported data breaches across the UK education sector. The government’s Cyber Essentials scheme helps organisations guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate commitment to cyber security.
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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident
IT Governance
MAY 7, 2024
At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile data sets containing personal information.
News alert: NCA’s Data Privacy Week webinars highlight data protection for consumers, businesses
The Last Watchdog
JANUARY 23, 2024
22, 2024 – Today, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) , announced the program for its third annual Data Privacy Week campaign, which will take place from January 22nd to January 27th. This even includes information about a person’s physical well-being, like health data from apps.
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XDR for ChromeOS: What Does It Mean for the Cyber Industry?
Data Breach Today
MAY 3, 2023
CrowdStrike's Michael Sentonas on Aiding Education Clients With XDR for Chromebooks CrowdStrike has focused on bringing its extended detection and response technology to users with less expensive devices such as Chromebooks by adding support for Google's ChromeOS.
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U.S. Internet Leaked Years of Internal, Customer Emails
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. Internet/Securence says your email is secure. Hold Security founder Alex Holden said his researchers had unearthed a public link to a U.S.
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Medibank Defends its Security Practices as its Ransomware Woes Worsen
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 Although the latter part of his statement might not be true – the unfortunate reality is that data breaches like this are now common – the broader argument is fair. The extent of the damage.
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Kodi discloses data breach after its forum was compromised
Security Affairs
APRIL 14, 2023
Open-source media player software provider Kodi discloses a data breach after threat actors stole its MyBB forum database. Kodi has disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen the company’s MyBB forum database that contained data for over 400K users and private messages. ” concludes the announcement.
Fortinet fixed a critical vulnerability in its Data Analytics product
Security Affairs
APRIL 13, 2023
Fortinet has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331 (CVSS score of 9.3), in its Fortinet FortiPresence data analytics solution. FortiPresence is a comprehensive data analytics solution designed for analyzing user traffic and deriving usage patterns. ” reads the advisory published by the vendor.
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K12 education giant paid the ransom to the Ryuk gang
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Online education giant K12 Inc. was hit by Ryuk ransomware in the middle of November and now has paid a ransom to avoid data leak. The education company Online education giant K12 Inc. is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curricula. “K12 Inc. ” reads the press release.
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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023
IT Governance
OCTOBER 24, 2023
At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks City of Philadelphia discloses data breach after five months Date of breach: 24 May 2023 ( notice issued 20 October 2023).
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National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacted approximately 900 US schools
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. The security breach resulted from a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in the MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT).- reads the advisory published by the company.
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Threat actors target K-12 distance learning education, CISA and FBI warn
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services.
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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024
IT Governance
JANUARY 9, 2024
At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Hathaway breached, 41.5 The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers.
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Akira ransomware gang claims the theft of sensitive data from Nissan Australia
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia.
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China Issues Data Security Law
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 16, 2021
After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “DSL”) was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. The DSL will apply to data recorded in electronic and other forms. Data Security Policies. Data Security Policies.
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MY TAKE: New tech standards, like ‘Matter’ and ‘BIMI,’ point the way to secure interoperability
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
However, there’s still a long way to go to achieve deep interoperability of interconnected services in a way that preserves privacy and is very secure. It’s important that as consumers are shopping for these smart home devices that they learn to recognize the Matter trademark so that they can make educated decisions.”
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Experts warn of surge in DDoS attacks targeting education institutions
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. Most of the attacks targeted educational institutions in the U.S.,
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China Issues Draft Data Security Law
Hunton Privacy
JULY 7, 2020
China has lacked a comprehensive data protection and data security law that regulates in detail requirements and procedures relating to the collection, processing, control and storage of personal data. In recent years, China has seen developments on data protection both in legislation and in practice.
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Protecting Sensitive Company Data: How to Educate Employees
AIIM
JUNE 22, 2018
With the problem growing, and the attacks getting more sophisticated, there has never been a better time to learn how to defend your business’s data and protect your employees. In this article, we will examine how to educate your employees so that a lethal hack does not disrupt your business. It’s All About Passwords. Keep Updated.
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GUEST ESSAY: Everything you should know about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of AI chatbots
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Related: The security case for AR, VR AI chatbots use natural language processing, which enables them to understand and respond to human language and machine learning algorithms. This helps them improve their performance over time by gaining data from interactions. It excels in crafting human-like interactions in customer support.
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Most Common Causes of Data Breach and How to Prevent It
Security Affairs
MAY 3, 2021
Which are the most common causes of a Data Breach and how to prevent It? Data breaches are highly damaging and equally embarrassing for businesses and consumers. If you look at Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, you can find some of the most common causes of data breaches. How can organizations prevent it?
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Seiko confirmed a data breach after BlackCat attack
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 26, 2023
On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach. ” reads the update provided by the company on August 22.
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GUEST ESSAY: Best practices to shrink the ever-present risk of Exchange Server getting corrupted
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Related: The need for robust data recovery policies. Fortunately, effective tools and wise best practices can help mitigate this this exposure enabling companies to indefinitely leverage Exchange Server as a productive, resilient and secure communications tool.
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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. Data breached: 2.7 Date breached: 384,658,212 records.
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FritzFrog P2P Botnet is back and targets Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.
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