Educational institutions in the United States, as well as those in other countries, are reporting experiencing a fairly new type of fraudulent scheme: the ghost student scam. “Ghost students” are stolen or fake identities...more
The FBI has announced that university aerospace researchers, both foreign and in the U.S., have become a target of a specific phishing scheme that is being conducted by threat actors. Specifically, researchers with access to...more
We’re back with a deeper dive into the 2023 Data Security Incident Response Report, which features insights and metrics from 1,160+ incidents in 2022.
This episode dives deeper into privacy litigation.
Questions & comments:...more
As set forth in BakerHostetler’s 2023 Data Security Incident Report, privacy litigation is on the rise. Indeed, 2023 saw a nearly 100 percent increase from 2022 in the number of lawsuits filed in connection with data security...more
8/16/2023
/ Cause of Action Accrual ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Educational Institutions ,
Facebook ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Social Media ,
Tracking Systems ,
Universities ,
VPPA
Educational institutions have not been excluded from the ransomware epidemic, and stakeholder communications are critical to an effective response. In a typical double-extortion ransomware attack, threat actors demand that...more
2/3/2023
/ Colleges ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Educational Institutions ,
Extortion ,
Harassment ,
Public Communications ,
Public Relations ,
Public Schools ,
Ransomware ,
Students ,
Universities
In the event of a ransomware attack, there are a host of legal frameworks that could potentially be implicated. Whether those laws apply often depends on the nature of the data that the threat actor accessed and/or acquired....more
4/19/2022
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
DFARS ,
Educational Institutions ,
FERPA ,
FOIA ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
Safeguards Rule ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
The best way to ensure that an educational institution can respond quickly and effectively to a ransomware attack and minimize any chaos and confusion that accompanies such incidents is to have an incident response plan in...more
The ransomware epidemic has affected and continues to affect all industries, including healthcare, manufacturing and finance. Since 2020, however, the education industry has been targeted as much as or more than any other...more