Saadya Chevan reports: Last April, the College’s Financial Aid office uploaded and accidentally made visible to students, faculty, and staff two confidential documents containing federal work-study (FWS) balances of 107 students from two Spring 2018 pay-periods. The documents also reveal by implication that all of these students had applied for and received financial aid awards…
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VA: Norfolk school parents notified of medical data breach
Sara Gregory reports: Norfolk school officials this week notified the parents of students and employees whose medical information was publicly disclosed in school crisis plans online for a year until August. After staff and attorneys reviewed the plans, the district identified a total of 308 students and staff who were referenced in the school crisis…
Server cleanup at URMC renders 2.6M archived files useless
Patti Singer reports: A mishap during routine server cleanup at the University of Rochester Medical Center several months ago has made it impossible for staff in the affected departments to open 2.6 million files. The files were on a server used by finance, research and operations to archive documents that had not been used for at…
Henderson ISD falls victim to fraud in a business email compromise scheme
David Chenault reports: Financial scammers stole more than $600,000 from Henderson ISD through a sophisticated, yet common, fraud scheme. According to HISD’s financial records, on Sept. 26, the district initiated a $609,615.24 direct electronic bank payment (known as an Automated Clearing House or ACH) to RPR Construction Company Inc. The firm is overseeing the construction…
AU: School students’ private medical details leaked in Google sync privacy mess
Here’s what appears to be a serious breach involving Google drive and syncing. Henrietta Cook reports: Confidential files detailing high school students’ medical conditions, including anxiety issues and those at risk of suicide, have been found on a Melbourne schoolgirl’s iPad. The document contains photos, names and medical and family details of years 7 to 12…
CA: John F. Kennedy High School breach letter to parents
Note: this is the John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, California. October 3, 2018 Notice of Data Breach As a precautionary measure, we are writing to inform you about a recent data security incident that occurred on October 2, 2018. What Happened? On October 2, 2018 at 5:04 p.m., an email was sent…