Infosecurity Magazine reports that Washington State K-12 school district Highline Public Schools has acknowledged having had sensitive information from its students and faculty members stolen following a ransomware attack in September that resulted in the forced three-day closure of its campuses.
Infiltration of Highline's systems compromised not only individuals' names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account details, employment data, passport numbers, digital signatures, health insurance information, and medical details, but also students' ID numbers, demographic information, grade details, and other records, according to a recently concluded investigation into the incident. "Additional security measures are being implemented to further protect against similar incidents moving forward. This incident was also reported to federal law enforcement," said Highline. Individuals affected by the breach, who have been given complimentary identity protection and credit monitoring services for a year, have been urged to track their credit reports and account statements for potential fraudulent activity.
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More than 91.3 million individuals across the U.S. have been impacted by data breaches during the first quarter of 2025, which is 26% higher than the same period last year, even though breach incidents slightly declined year-over-year, according to Infosecurity Magazine.
Cybernews reports that Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church's official charity organization, had at least 17 websites of its Spanish arm compromised as part of a web skimmer campaign that commenced in February 2024.
Kelly Benefits, a Maryland-based benefits administration and payroll solutions provider, has confirmed that almost 264,000 individuals served by its customers Amergis, CareFirst, Beam Benefits, Intercon Truck of Baltimore, Beltway Companies, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Transforming Lives, and Publications Circulation Fulfilment had their data compromised following a cyberattack in December, SecurityWeek reports.
