PowerSchool Paid Ransom, Now Hackers Target Teachers for More

PowerSchool paid ransom after a major data breach; now hackers are targeting teachers and schools with direct extortion…...

Texas School Safety Software Data Leak Endangers Student Safety

By Deeba Ahmed From Background Checks to Bedroom Layouts: Data Leak Strips Bare School Security System. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Texas School Safety Software Data Leak Endangers Student Safety...

Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 15, 2022) — Teachers have to be IT admins now, too

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Public schools in the United States already rely on our teachers for so much — they have to be educators, occasional parental figures, nurses, safety officers, law enforcement and much more. Slowly, they’re having to...

Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired

By Uzair Amir A Chinese school headmaster Lei Hua was caught mining cryptocurrency using the school's electricity. As a result, he had to lose his job. It happened at Puman Middle School in Hunan province of China. Initially, teachers complained about the loud noise that continued day and night...