Feb 24, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, January
Who: Bridgeport Public Schools What was affected: District data encrypted and held for a ransom When it happened: January 9, 2019 How it happened: Cyberattack originated from a virus dispatched by a malicious outsider encrypted district data to hold it hostage for a...
Nov 17, 2018 | Government, Internet, Radio Show, Security
They Hacked Their School District When They Were 12. The Adults Are Still Trying To Catch Up. The hack started small, in 7th grade, when they bypassed their middle school’s internet filters to watch YouTube during lunch.But by the time Jeremy Currier and Seth Stephens...
Jan 23, 2016 | Education, Radio Show
A Brilliant MIT Invention Makes Incandescent Bulbs As Efficient As LEDs Just when incandescent light seemed like a thing of the past. An energy-saving light bulb containing LEDs uses up to 80% less energy and lasts up to 25 times as long as a traditional incandescent...
Jan 23, 2016 | Children, Education, Radio Show
Hurricane Elementary’s ‘Cardboard Carnival’ shows STEM education in action HURRICANE — Fifth-graders at Hurricane Elementary School showed off their unique cardboard creations Thursday night at the school’s “Cardboard Carnival,” an evening dedicated to the four...
