Thousands of students, school staff members targeted by cyberattack

Baltimore City Public Schools data breach affects over 31,000 people

​Baltimore City Public Schools notified tens of thousands of employees and students of a data breach following an incident in February when unknown attackers hacked into its network. [...]

About 31,000 impacted by Baltimore City Public Schools cyberattack

BALTIMORE — A cybersecurity attack against Baltimore City Public Schools impacted over 31,000 Maryland residents, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General confirmed Thursday.

About 31K impacted by Baltimore City Public Schools cyberattack, AG says

A cybersecurity attack against Baltimore City Public Schools impacted over 31,000 Maryland residents, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General confirmed Thursday. On Feb. 13, the school system experienced a cybersecurity incident affecting certain informational technology systems within its network, City Schools announced Tuesday. The documents contained information belonging to some current and former employees, students, volunteers and cont…

Long Beach says sensitive info, including SSNs, may have been accessed in 2023 cyberattack

Some Long Beach residents may have had sensitive personal information leaked as a result of a cyberattack against the city in 2023, according to a recent announcement. After Long Beach was hit with a cyberattack in November 2023, most of the city’s systems were briefly taken offline and replaced with a stripped back version of the government website, longbeach.gov. In response, the City Council approved an emergency proclamation aimed at helping…

Nationwide hacking of students’ private photos reaches CSU East Bay

Detailed in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Alameda County, a widening scandal involving the alleged violation of students’ privacy by former University of Michigan football co-offensive coordinator Mike Weiss has enveloped California State University, East Bay. The suit alleges that CSU East Bay failed to protect its students from Weiss’s reported hacking of the private data of more than 150,000 student-athletes across the country, including…

NC college students say they're victims of coach's massive cyber hack

Former student-athletes from North Carolina are suing a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant coach accused of orchestrating a massive cyber hack. Matthew Weiss faces 24 federal charges for allegedly stealing intimate photos and videos from student accounts nationwide.