Cybersecurity

Des Moines Public Schools said it took immediate action to improve security. The breach was the third to occur in an Iowa school district in the last year, and 37 K-12 school districts in the United States have been hit this year.

Southern Illinois University joins the growing list of entities around the world that were likely affected by a Russian hack of the digital file transfer system MOVEit, although the university is still investigating.

The cybersecurity upskilling program is educating its second cohort, tweaking the material with lessons learned from the first go-round. Graduates spoke highly of the trainings — and the offers of more.

The names, social security numbers, birth dates and other confidential information of around 769,000 retirees and beneficiaries was stolen when hackers exploited a vulnerability in a CalPERS vendor’s system.

The San Luis Obispo County Office of Education took all services offline after learning of a cyber attack on June 12 that may have exposed employee financial information, although specifics are still under investigation.

School officials took the college's network offline after being notified of a cybersecurity incident on June 13. A ransomware group claimed responsibility, but officials have yet to say if private data was compromised.

The list of agencies effected now includes Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Maryland Department of Human Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Louisiana State University will use a $1.5 million NSA grant to support the new Louisiana Cybersecurity Clinic, which will offer free services through three sub-clinics to help small businesses with technical issues.

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Federal and state agencies and universities announce data breaches after hackers began exploiting a zero-day in late May. Now the company behind MOVEit has announced another critical vulnerability as more breaches come to light.

Louisiana State University's online and continuing education program is working with a Florida company to upskill current IT professionals and offer tools for people interested in IT careers.

A cyber attack against Northeastern State University last month exposed personal information, including images of driver's licenses, passports, W-9 forms and Social Security numbers, as well as spreadsheets and letters.

Chetrice Mosley-Romero will become the first CISA state cyber coordinator serving Indiana, where she expects to become more deeply involved in supporting local governments.

The university's cybersecurity experts are evaluating the scope and severity of a data breach related to the MOVEit file transfer software in which cyber criminals appear to have gained access to stored files.

A consortium of major universities will research AI's cybersecurity applications as part of the National Science Foundation's new AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION).

Following an audit by the state comptroller, a school district in New York has identified and disabled unneeded accounts that belonged to former employees, as those represented potential entry points for cyber criminals.

Illinois agencies had been using the file transfer software MOVEit, which was recently compromised by the CL0P ransomware gang. The state IT department is currently investigating.

T.J. Smith, director of technology at Cloquet School District in Minnesota, said online attacks went from a rarity in 2017 to an omnipresent, continuously expanding threat that has necessitated responses from lawmakers.