An audit concerning: Security of Personal, Private and Sensitive Information (PPSI) on Mobile Computing Devices and Extracurricular Cash Records and Collections Report of Examination Period Covered: July 1, 2014 – January 21, 2016 Of relevance to this site: The Pittsford Central School District (District) is governed by the Board of Education (Board), which is composed…
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UNM students, employees could be victims of ID theft
Sandra Ramirez reports: Ronald Murray is accused of taking personal information from a University of New Mexico database and using it to go on a nearly $90,000 spending spree. Las Cruces Police Department spokesperson Dan Trujillo said Murray bought a $27,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, a $52,000 Jeep and nearly $4,000 in electronics from a Las…
NCSU warns 38,000 students of computer breach
Richard Stradling reports: N.C. State University says it has notified 38,000 current and former students that some of their personal information may have been accessed by someone who hacked into the university’s computer system. NCSU officials say someone accessed a university email account using a “sophisticated phishing scam” and got access to a file from…
UNC Charlotte employees bank accounts hacked
WSOC reports: UNC Charlotte employees’ bank accounts were targeted by a hacker. The school was alerted to the breach when it found a problem with an employee’s direct deposit information. Channel 9 reporter Ken Lemon talked to some university employees who didn’t want to go on camera. Their information wasn’t compromised, but they said they…
Colorado school district finds no data breach, but will increase internet security
Following up on a previous report… An independent investigation shows no student data was compromised during a suspected breach of Lewis-Palmer School District 38‘s computer system in May, district officials said Wednesday. “Protecting student data is a priority, and we weren’t surprised it was substantiated that no security breach occurred,” said D-38 spokeswoman Julie Stephen….
Giving new meaning to “School’s Out!”
36 New Zealand schools have had their domain names hacked and put up for sale online for exploitation by spammers. Listen to the story on RadioNZ. I guess this could have been worse in terms of what else could have been stolen?