Notices of Security Breaches

Canva - 1/11/2020

On the 11th of January 2020, Canva became aware of a list of approximately 4 million Canva accounts containing user passwords stolen as part of the May 24 breach. The passwords had been decrypted and recently shared online.

As unchanged passwords might be used to access Canva accounts , we responded immediately to restrict access to Canva logins, and commenced work to both invalidate unchanged passwords, and notify users with unencrypted passwords in the list.

For more information, please visit https://support.canva.com/contact/customer-support/may-24-security-incident-faqs/.

Canva is not required software in our district, but it is important to understand the security and data privacy risks involved in this situation.  Should there be any questions, please contact Information Technology Coordinator Benjamin Russell at brussell@westbrookctschools.org or by phone at 860-399-6432.

Edmodo - 5/11/2017

 

On 5/11/2017, sources including EdSurge, EdWeek, and Motherboard reported that Edmodo accounts had been compromised.  While it is not clear how many accounts were discovered, sources have reported that it could be as high as 77 million.  The account information found was encrypted, meaning those in possession of it will still need to break the encryption keys to make it useful.  At this time, we are recommending anyone using Edmodo reset their passwords.  

Edmodo is not something we widely use in our district, but it is important to understand the security and data privacy risks involved in this situation.  Should there be any questions, please contact Information Technology Coordinator Benjamin Russell at brussell@westbrookctschools.org or by phone at 860-399-6432.