EAGLE SCOUT | ISSUE NO. 21-23

NEWS | Education software company exposes personal data of students
23 Nov 2021

UNITED STATES – US-based education software company SmarterSelect has exposed the personal data of approximately 1.2M students due to a misconfigured Google Cloud Storage bucket. A cybersecurity company called “UpGuard” discovered the data leak. READ HERE
 

NEWS | State educ agency offers help to teachers
possibly affected by a data breach
18 Nov 2021

UNITED STATES – The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) of Missouri has offered to help educators whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised in a recent data vulnerability incident. They will be offered 12 months of credit and identity theft monitoring resources via a privacy platform. READ HERE
 

NEWS | French School board pays ransom to hackers who stole data
30 Nov 2021

CANADA – The Ottawa French public school board has admitted that ransom was paid to the hackers who breached their computer systems and stole files, including the personal information of students, employees and parents. It also said that they hired cybersecurity experts to investigate the data breach. READ HERE
 

NEWS | District school board data breach due to human error
4 Nov 2021

CANADA — The Catholic District School Board erroneously sent out an email with a link to private information to the parents and guardians of St. Joseph Catholic Secondary School students. It was part of the board’s communication with families whenever it is notified by health authorities of a confirmed COVID-19 case tied to one of its schools. READ HERE
 

NEWS | NPC looking into recent increase of spam SMS
18 Nov 2021

PHILIPPINES – The National Privacy Commission is looking at reports of people complaining about receiving a lot of spam SMS these past couple of weeks. The recipients suspect that their contact number may have been leaked from contact tracing forms and apps. READ HERE