The FBI on Monday morning was investigating a cybersecurity incident at Evanston Township High School that has closed down the whole campus. The ransomware attack is impacting students and staff. The cybersecurity problem apparently hit the district’s phone and email systems, internet, and computers. Whatever happened is serious enough that administrators closed the entire campus...Read More
Community activist and education stakeholder Develd Monyai has launched the Walk and Talk Schools Safety Programme, an initiative aimed at protecting learners who walk to school along busy and often dangerous roads in Thembisa. Monyai, who serves as the chairperson of the Quality Learning and Teaching Campaign (QLTC) Circuit 3 and as a School Governing...Read More
Lt. Gov. Jay Collins will hold a news conference on Monday to share his plans for making life more affordable for Florida seniors as part of his run for Governor. Collins said he will introduce his “Live Florida” initiative at the news conference, which starts at 10 a.m. in Lady Lake. The event will take place...Read More
When ransomware hits a Gulf enterprise, the first question from leadership is usually the same: Are our backups intact? For a growing number of organisations across the region, the answer is yes – but it is not enough. Research by DataNumen found that 69% of ransomware victims believed they were adequately prepared before an...Read More
SACRAMENTO — The Democratic-led state Senate has voted to reconfirm five commissioners to the California Board of Parole Hearings, a move that drew outcry from Republicans who argued the board recently made several egregious decisions. “The current board is clearly not doing a good job protecting children and should be replaced,” said Sen. Steven Choi (R-Irvine), speaking...Read More
The big theme of the keynote programme at this year’s Infosecurity Europe focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) is turbo-charging the activities of cyber attackers, whether criminals or states hostile to the West. Paul Chichester, director of operations at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), told attendees that he had moved from a more...Read More
Meta has revealed that 20,225 Instagram users had their accounts hijacked in a recent incident where attackers used Meta’s AI-powered support system to reset passwords. As BleepingComputer reported one week ago, the threat actors exploited a flaw in the company’s High Touch Support (HTS) tool, an AI-assisted support system that helps users regain access after being locked out of...Read More
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Institute of Cyber Security (NICS) signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft on Monday to strengthen Taiwan’s cyber defenses and resilience. The ceremony was held by NICS President Lin Ying-dar (林盈達) and Microsoft North Asia public affairs head Marcus Bartley Johns. Also attending were Ministry of Digital Affairs Deputy...Read More
At the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs last July, the investor Mark Cuban rhapsodized about the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize education. “You could kind of feel the look of terror on the faces of teachers and parents in the room, myself included,” Utah’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, recalled in an interview...Read More
The Republic of Moldova initiates the ratification procedure of the Second Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. This measure is included in the National Accession Plan for 2025-2029 and the Roadmap for the Rule of Law. The main objective of the treaty is to increase the efficiency of cooperation between states...Read More
