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Personal Information of Over 30,000 Students Exposed in Unprotected Database

06

Jun

2022

The server, the researchers say, was left connected to the Internet and did not require a password to allow access to the data within. Thus, it exposed more than one million records representing the personally identifiable information (PII) of 30,000 to 40,000 students, the researchers estimate. The exposed information, they say, included full names, email […]

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Chicago students lose data to ransomware attackers

23

May

2022

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

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Most ransomware victims pay up, but many never recover their data

18

May

2022

Most businesses that fall victim to a ransomware attack decide to pay the criminals for their data, but many still end up empty-handed, according to a report from Veeam. The backup, recovery, and data management solutions provider, recently polled 1,000 IT leaders (CISOs, security pros, backup admins, and IT operators) whose organizations suffered a ransomware […]

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