An educational technology provider, Illuminate Education, has settled allegations with the FTC for poor security practices that led to a 2021 data breach affecting over 10 million students. The company will implement a data security program, improve breach notifications, and delete unnecessary data to address security concerns. #IlluminateEducation #DataBreach #FTC #StudentDataProtection
Keypoints
- Illuminate Education settled with the FTC over security deficiencies linked to a 2021 data breach.
- The breach was caused by hacker access using credentials of a former employee, stored on a third-party cloud provider.
- The company falsely claimed student data was encrypted and failed to address known vulnerabilities from 2020.
- Personal data of over 10 million students, including health and contact information, was compromised.
- Illuminate will improve its security measures, delete unnecessary data, and notify authorities promptly about breaches.
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