Researchers from Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group are warning the higher education sector, including universities, that ShinyHunters has exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability and has “potentially infiltrated the networks of more than 100 organizations in an attack spree that largely impacted higher education.” ShinyHunters has reportedly started publishing the names of the compromised
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Fourth Circuit Expands Title IX Liability for Harassment Through Anonymous Online Posts
By Kathleen Dion on
Posted in Data Privacy
The Fourth Circuit recently held that universities could be liable for Title IX violations if they fail to adequately respond to harassment that occurs through anonymous-messaging apps.
The case, Feminist Majority Foundation v. Hurley, concerned messages sent through the now-defunct app Yik Yak to the individual plaintiffs, who were students at the University of Mary Washington. Yik Yak was a messaging app that allowed users to anonymously post to discussion threads.
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EDUCAUSE Challenges the US DOE’s Guidance on Data Breach Reporting
By Kathleen Dion on
Posted in Data Breach
On January 30, 2018, EDUCAUSE, a higher education technology association, submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Education describing concerns that it had with the Federal Student Aid (“FSA”) ability to protect federal student financial aid data. EDUCAUSE’s members include IT professionals from over 1,800 colleges and universities as well as other organizations.
First,…