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Interboro School District in PA was added to #RansomHub leak site today with a few screencaps as POC. The screencaps are internal files and what appear to be two employee-related pieces of personal information. There is nothing on Interboro's website about any #databreach at this time.
turnto10.com/i-team/on-your-di… #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
On Your Dime: Providence School's data breach to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars
Providence Schools hired two third-party vendors in the aftermath of the data breach for tens of thousands of dollars.WJAR
El Dorado Union High School District in California notified the Maine AG's office of a breach that occurred between May 25 and June 18. It affected 31,896 people and involved names and SSN:
maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/…
Providence (RI) Public Schools comes more/sorta clean on the data exfiltrated during a ransomware attack experienced this summer: "Providence public school district admits student vaccine records, driver’s licenses were stolen in cyberattack" [Note: reg wall] bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/met… #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
NOTE: Much of this and more previously disclosed via @mkeierleber at The 74 the74million.org/article/provi…
Providence Students’ Sensitive Data Exposed in Cyberattack — District Denies Lea
Rhode Island’s largest school district alerted current and ex-employees affected by massive data breach but has yet to acknowledge student victims.Mark Keierleber (www.the74million.org)
K-12 Cybersecurity (New)
The U.S. Department of Education is partnering with federal, state, local, and tribal education entities to coordinate efforts to build K-12 cybersecurity resilience in response to growing threat actors.U.S. Department of Education
FCC Sees Strong Interest in Schools & Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot ($3.7B requested for $200M available...) fcc.gov/document/fcc-sees-stro… #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey
Still think it is the wrong program, wrong agency to be involved in this work, but certainly puts mere $1B for SLCGP (all state/local govt - incluing school systems) in context. Also creates conundrum for FCC and incoming Admin for handling of this so-called 'pilot' program.
What Albuquerque Public Schools learned from a cyberattack
The New Mexico school district shored up defenses after a "devastating" 2022 experience and is working with partners to prevent another crisis.Kara Arundel (K-12 Dive)
#edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey @mkeierleber @michaelfklein
K12 SIX Releases Updated Framework for School Cybersecurity
The nonprofit group’s weighted framework of 14 controls seeks to simplify school cybersecurity in an effort to make the most critical protections more approachable and, in turn, more widespread.Brandi Vesco (GovTech)
