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Oneonta Data Theft Claimed as Frontline Mails Breach Notices

A hacker group calling itself Shiba claimed credit today for the ransomware attack on New York's Oneonta City School District, sending breach claims to media outlets the

Richmond's Chromebook Workaround as Qilin Claims Burnaby Breach

Richmond Public Schools has routed around its ransomware-disabled network, deploying Chromebooks to every teacher so they can reach district platforms via a secure altern

Oneonta Schools Closed by Ransomware, UK Pushes AI Rules

Oneonta City School District in New York closed schools today and will stay closed Monday after what was first reported as a tech glitch was confirmed as a ransomware att

Richmond Schools Can't Confirm Data Theft After Ransomware Hit

Richmond Public Schools shut down its network after a ransomware attack left ransom notes on staff laptops; the district still cannot confirm whether attackers actually s

Senators Demand Google Answer for School AI Push by Nov. 2

Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley sent Google parent Alphabet ($GOOGL) a letter demanding answers about its "aggressive push" of AI tools like Gemini into K‑12

Education Ransomware Up 54%, Oklahoma District Hit

A new Comparitech report finds worldwide education-sector ransomware attacks rose 54% in Q3 compared to Q2 — far outpacing the 29% rise across all industries — with 77 at

ETS Breach Traced to One Login as Wisconsin Joins AI Fight

New reporting shows a single stolen login let intruders access an ETS SFTP server and copy California student records dating back to 2006, exposing names, birth dates, ad

Data Stolen From Leading UK K-12 MIS, Frontline Breach Expands

Bristol City Council confirmed a second, separate cyberattack on Southville Primary School, this time with records exported from its management information system Arbor,

8 States Sue OpenAI as Burnaby Confirms Student Data Theft

Eight U.S. states have sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT exposed children to dangerous interactions, including content encouraging self-harm and violence, and are seeking cou

ShinyHunters Arrest as NY Districts Lack AI Policies

A Canadian cybersecurity negotiator, Edward Dubrovsky, was arrested in Pennsylvania as part of the FBI's probe into ShinyHunters, the hacking group behind this year's Can

E-Rate Comment Window Closes as Character.AI Files Bankruptcy

The public comment period on the FCC's review of E-Rate closed today, with thousands of filings warning that eliminating the 30-year-old program would shift broadband cos

Anne Arundel Misses AI Deadline as Petaluma Rethinks Devices

Anne Arundel County, Maryland is on track to miss the state's Oct. 22 deadline for adopting a district-level AI policy due to procedural issues, joining Frederick County

Frederick County Bans AI as Spokane Breach Widens

Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland voted to ban generative AI use for students pre-K through 12, reversing a Google Gemini pilot after concerns over AI-generated

Fairplay's AI Vetting Policy as ClassLink Links Outcomes

Children's advocacy group Fairplay released a model Student-First AI Policy to help school districts vet AI tools before classroom use, citing research linking student AI

ChatGPT's Teen Mode Called Unsafe; Easthampton Schools Hacked

Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute tested over 4,000 prompts and found ChatGPT's "Teen Mode" fails to flag suicide and self-harm signals and poses an "unaccep

SC Education Cyberattack as Nelnet Acquires India's Entab

South Carolina's Department of Education is restoring its education savings account program after hackers impersonated the agency and ClassWallet to try to steal vendor b

YouTube, Gemini Pulled as Vermont District Defies Ransom

Thirteen organizations sent an open letter to the 150 largest U.S. school districts urging them to immediately disable YouTube and Gemini AI on school-issued devices, cit

Frontline Education Breach, K-12's AI Trust Crisis

K-12 software vendor Frontline Education is notifying districts that attackers exploited a third-party software vulnerability to steal employee data, including Social Sec

Gemini Expands in Classroom; PowerSchool Privacy Update

Google ($GOOGL) has widened access to Gemini's AI study tools inside Google Classroom to students of all ages, linking assignment prompts and course-grounded notebooks di

Instructure's Canvas Lite & Springfield's Cyberattack Cleanup

Instructure launched Canvas Lite, a free course-building tool for independent teachers and tutors built on the Canvas platform, requiring ID verification for educators bu