Craig Schneider reports:
Long Island schools saw a big increase in the number of reported computer hacks and other cyber incidents in 2023 compared to the prior year, and human error continued to be a major cause of exposing sensitive student information such as special education disabilities and disciplinary problems, records show.
Island schools suffered 35 cyber incidents last year, a bump of 52% from 23 the year before, according to state Education Department records obtained by Newsday via a Freedom of Information request. The numbers showed a continuing year-over-year trend of more reported incidents, as the 2022 figure represented twice as many as in 2021.
Many of these cyber troubles were self-inflicted.
Read more at Newsday.