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The Status of Student Loan Forgiveness Just Changed Again (Again)
On Wednesday, in what seemed to be a modest victory for the Biden administration, a federal judge allowed a temporary restraining order against the new student loan forgiveness plan to expire. That ruling would allow the administration to proceed with finalizing the rule, potentially bringing relief to tens of millions of Americans burdened by student debt—just weeks before the November…
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Ransomware gang BlackSuit claims attack on Charles Darwin School – student data stolen
Overnight, ransomware gang BlackSuit claimed the recent attack on London’s Charles Darwin School. It alleges to have stolen over 200GB of data which includes information on students and employees, as well as financial data. It has given the school until the end of today to pay up before the data is released. On September 6, the school’s headteacher, Aston Smith,…
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Toronto District School Board hacked by LockBit, student info leaked
The Toronto District School Board yesterday notified an undisclosed number of students about a June 2024 data breach that compromised names, schools, grades, TDSB email addresses, TDSB student numbers, and dates of birth. Ransomware gang LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack and gave the district until September 12, 2024 to pay a ransom. TDSB has not verified LockBit’s claim. We…
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Connecticut special needs school hacked; student SSNs, finance, and medical info compromised
Waterford Country School this week notified an undisclosed number of people about a September 2023 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, financial account info, medical info, health insurance info, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and student ID numbers. Ransomware gang Inc claimed responsibility for the attack on January 29, 2024. The school’s notice states, “Following an…
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