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Closely watched class-action lawsuit moves forward against Clark County (Las Vegas) School District alleging weak cybersecurity practices (e.g., "the district’s use of students’ birth dates to form their default passwords"). At issue: the responsibility of the district to secure its IT systems and student data - and its culpability if found it failed to do so. https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-cybersecurity-lawsuit-against-clark-county-schools #edtech #databreach @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

Judge denies motion to dismiss cybersecurity lawsuit against Clark County schools

A Clark County judge on Thursday denied the Clark County School District’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit over a 2023 cybersecurity breach. The judge previously said she leaned toward dismissing the case.
Rocio Hernandez (The Nevada Independent)
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in reply to Doug Levin

funnymonkey
funnymonkey
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This case is mindblowing on multiple levels.

One thing that I keep coming back to: parents must be incredibly frustrated with a district to launch a lawsuit with their kids still enrolled. It's a very dangerous position.

And the district response here helps illustrate why parents would have that level of frustration.

in reply to funnymonkey

Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:
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As a reminder, this was one of those breaches where the parents and public were finding out more from my site than they were from the district -- and in my experience, when that happens -- when entities don't get in front of the story -- people will definitely be more ticked off about the breach.
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