Chicago Public Schools (CPS) disclosed on Friday that students may have had their data taken in a ransomware incident involving one of its vendors. The ransomware attack happened last December at Battelle for Kids (BfK), based in Columbus Ohio, which develops services to provide innovation in schools for students and teachers. Breaching education Read More
Edward Majerczyk, a 28-year-old from Chicago, pleaded guilty to hacking the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of over 300 people, including celebrities from the entertainment industry, the Department of Justice, Central District of California, said Friday. The man violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by launching phishing schemes between November 2013 and August 2014 […]
Chicago already has a wide-reaching video surveillance network, and this summer, its going to begin keeping track of much more using automated sensors. Through a program called Array of Things, Chicago will begin installing fixtures onto light poles throughout the city that will collect information on light, sound, heat, precipitation, and wind, according to the Chicago Tribune. […]
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