Privacy

BleepingComputer reports that U.S. tech firm Brightly Software has disclosed that its SchoolDude educational operations management platform was impacted by a data breach, which resulted in the theft of customers' personal data and credentials.

Separate cyberattacks have impacted Tennessee-based Chattanooga State Community College and Georgia-based Mercer University over the past week, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Separate data breaches have been disclosed by the New Mexico Department of Health, Catholic Health, and ASAS Health over the past week, according to HealthITSecurity.

Metropolitan Opera cyberattack impacts over 45K individuals More than 45,000 individuals had their personal information compromised following a cyberattack on the Metropolitan Opera in December, which has since been claimed by the Snatch ransomware operation, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Joseph James O’Connor, aka “PlugwalkJoe,” extradited from Spain, faces up to 77 years in prison for role in hacks of celebrity Twitter accounts.

Meta says it’s not responsible for providers’ mistakes, while a separate lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente claims its use of pixel tools shared data.

NextGen Healthcare breach compromises over 1M patients' data U.S. electronic health record software provider NextGen Healthcare has confirmed that its systems have been breached in late March, compromising data belonging to 1.05 million patients, TechCrunch reports.