EAGLE SCOUT | ISSUE NO. 23-03

NEWS | Parents, staff, and student data of Edmonds schools possibly compromised

12 Feb 2023

UNITED STATES – The Edmonds School District identified a data breach that may have exposed personal information on certain parents, staff, and students, such as date of birth, driver's license number, financial account information, medical information, student identification number, and student records. READ MORE

NEWS |Social media app, Slick, exposed children’s user data

12 Feb 2023

INDIA – Slick, an Indian social media app, exposed an internal database containing users' personal information to the internet. They included children. The database, which featured information like date of birth, mobile number, and profile images, had been available online without security since December 11.

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NEWS | Australians will be able to opt out of targeted ads and erase their data on proposed privacy reforms

15 Feb 2023

AUSTRALIA – According to a government proposal, Australians would get more control over their personal information, including the right to opt out of targeted ads, to erase data, and to sue for major violations of privacy. READ MORE

NEWS | MTU students worry about their personal data after major IT breach

7 Feb 2023

IRELAND – Approximately 12,000 MTU students have yet to learn whether their sensitive personal information was affected in the IT breach that forced the college to close briefly during a bank holiday. The attack was supposedly discovered "at an early stage”, and authorities are now considering what option would allow the school to resume normal teaching and reopen its campuses. READ MORE

FEATURE | How to respond and minimize damage of a cyber attack

13 Feb 2023

UNITED STATES – Schools are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to their rich data and weak security. This is why it is critical that they have an incident response plan in place which allows them to quickly contain threats and minimize any resulting damage. READ MORE