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….
Category: Education Sector
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?
NCSU warns thousands of students of computer breach
Richard Stradling reports: [North Carolina] 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…
CA: University of Regina launches investigation after computers with personal information hacked
Brandon Gonez reports: The University of Regina (U of R) has launched an investigation after a privacy breach. Three personal computers from various faculties were hacked last week in two separate cyber attacks. According to the U of R, names, student and employee numbers, as well as social insurance numbers, may have been accessed. “There…
JP: Teen faces charges over breach of online school grades management system
Kyodo News reports: A second arrest warrant was served on a 17-year-old boy Monday over the theft of some 210,000 digital files containing the grades of students in Saga Prefecture schools, police said. The boy, a resident of the city of Saga, is suspected of accessing an online system used by the prefecture’s public junior…
UK: John Moores University employee data leaked to former employee
Martin Thomas reports that someone at John Moores University goofed and emailed information on current employees to a former employee. The information was that contained in P60 forms, which from looking at a few samples online, appear to be similar to our W-2 statements in that they contain the employee’s name and address, the wages…