The University of Vermont has been notifying some individuals that a USB drive with their information was in an employee’s purse that was stolen. The university learned of the theft on September 15, and the employee notified the police. The USB drive reportedly contained the following types of information: Completed UVM disclosure notices that had the employees’…
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School breach disclosed
Karen Herzog reports: A database within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School that contained Social Security numbers and name pairs corresponding with 1,213 Law School applicants for 2005-’06 was hacked last month, the university announced Tuesday. The university became aware Nov. 3 that the database had been breached, and sent notices to those affected Dec. 6, offering…
VA: Chesapeake Public Schools notifying employees of theft of their information
S. Cline reports that Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia is notifying 10,827 employees after an employee’s laptop with unencrypted information was stolen. The information on the laptop included names, social security numbers and bank account numbers of some past and present employees. The employees are being offered some protective services. The media report does not reveal whether…
Employee error exposed San Jose Evergreen Community College District student info
The San Jose Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) is notifying some of their students of a breach that occurred due to an employee error. On November 7, the district learned that an SJECCD employee had inadvertently uploaded a file containing the personal information of certain SJECCD students to a publicly accessible folder on the SJECCD website. The file…
Anonymous group releases 1,768 student GPAs from Appalachian State University
Sammy Hanf reports: A group called AppState Leaks released the information via their Twitter page of the same name this Thursday. The PDF posted contains student’s first names, majors, year and GPA. The university’s Information Security Department is currently conducting an investigation into the breach. The university said in a statement there is no indication…
Michigan State University to spend $2.9 million in wake of data breach
Marie Weidmayer reports: MSU will spend an estimated $2.9 million on identity theft protection in the wake of the data breach that exposed university records of about 400,000 people. According to a statement from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, MSU will provide credit monitoring and identity theft protection free of charge to everyone affected. “We have a reserve fund that…