This is a sick new twist: "Law enforcement presence planned at Putnam County school after ransomware attack" https://wchstv.com/news/local/law-enforcement-presence-planned-at-putnam-county-school-after-ransomware-attack #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @brett
Bar Harbor school recovers $1 million stolen in cybercrime attack https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/crime/mount-desert-island-regional-school-system-recovers-stolen-money-cybercrime-targeting-school-construction-project-funds/97-ec413bed-d951-4d10-81b9-01e2578018dc #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
$9.95M National Student Clearinghouse data breach class action settlement https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/open-lawsuit-settlements/9-95m-national-student-clearinghouse-data-breach-class-action-settlement/ #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
School officials say internet, phone lines down for 2 weeks for investigation: Pelham School District (NH) offline after cyberattack https://www.wmur.com/article/pelham-school-district-cyberattack-hack-31425/64190851 #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
New York AG Announces $650,000 Settlement with Social Media App Developer for Students’ Privacy and Safety Concerns https://www.alstonprivacy.com/new-york-ag-announces-650000-settlement-with-social-media-app-developer-for-students-privacy-and-safety-concerns/ #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance. The AP and Seattle Times teamed up on this investigation.
From their overview: "But these tools raise serious questions about privacy and security. In fact, when The Seattle Times and The Associated Press partnered to investigate school surveillance, reporters inadvertently received access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents through a records request. The documents were stored without a password or firewall, and anyone with the link could read them."
The opposite of helpful "Lynch Carpenter Investigates Claims in Chicago Public Schools Data Breach" https://www.morningstar.com/news/globe-newswire/9392607/lynch-carpenter-investigates-claims-in-chicago-public-schools-data-breach #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @brett
It's silly season again: "82% of K-12 schools recently experienced a cyber incident" - a number that is both too high and too low, depending on what we think we are counting... Brought to you by the folks who claim U.S. K-12 is the #1 cyber target on the planet https://www.k12dive.com/news/k-12-schools-experienced-cyber-incident-cis/741915/ #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
Final after incident report on PowerSchool cyber incident (prepared by CrowdStrike) published: https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/
Direct PDF link: https://www.powerschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/PowerSchool-CrowdStrike-Final-Report.pdf
Hackers expose information for 700,000 current and former Chicago students, district says https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/03/07/cps-student-data-exposed-in-hacker-attack/ #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @brett
Recovering from ransomware incident, Penn-Harris-Madison says school week will go on as scheduled https://www.abc57.com/news/update-penn-harris-madison-says-school-week-will-go-on-as-scheduled #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @brett
Minnesota enacts new 72-hour breach reporting requirement for public schools and colleges https://www.mcdonaldhopkins.com/insights/news/minnesota-enacts-new-72-hour-breach-reporting-requirement-for-public-schools-and-colleges #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @brett
