The China Post reports: The National Defense University (NDU) Saturday confirmed that its computer system had been hacked in July but said that no classified information had been stolen. Only ordinary academic research materials had been stolen, NDU said. Read more on The China Post.
Category: Education Sector
Former N. Bergen school employee spared prison in documents case
Michaelangelo Conte reports: A former North Bergen school board employee charged with taking confidential documents from the district to allegedly use them in a discrimination lawsuit will have the charges dropped when she completes a six-month term of supervised release. School board clerk Ivonne Saavedra filed her suit against the North Bergen Board of Education…
Audit of Pittsford Central School District by NYS Comptroller
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…
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…