Wendi Moore reports: The University of Virginia is the victim of another data breach. According to a UVA statement, the personal information of approximately 1,400 UVA academic division employees has been accessed in a phishing email scam. The FBI notified UVA of the breach following an investigation. The FBI says suspects are in custody overseas….
Category: Education Sector
In: Police Detain Engineering Student for OUAT Website Hacking
The New Indian Express reports: The Commissionerate of Police on Monday tracked down a student of a private engineering college for allegedly hacking the official website of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). The student, a self-confessed ethical hacker, was identified after police traced his internet protocol (IP) address and proceeded to zero in…
IA: Man linked to University of Northern Iowa data breach arrested on identity theft charges
Jeff Reinitz reports: A Georgia resident linked to the University of Northern Iowa data breach has been charged as part of a tax refund scheme in Iowa. More than 100 UNI employees reported receiving rejection letters from the IRS when they filed their taxes in 2014. That was because someone had already filed taxes on…
Ca: Western University students’ personal information published online
Iain Boekhoff reports: The University is investigating after a document containing personal information of 2014–15 first-year main campus students was made publicly available online. The downloadable Excel document contains the full names, Western email addresses, what residence they were in, home phone number, cell phone number and program or faculty of current second-year students. That…
JP: Personal data of 112,000 may have leaked from Hokkaido University
Kyodo News reports: Hokkaido University said Wednesday that personal data of more than 110,000 students and graduates may have been leaked due to unauthorized access of its computer systems by unknown parties. The university believes a server at its career placement service center is likely to have been unlawfully accessed. The server contains personal data,…
Numerous Cambodian sites defaced and hacked by Cyber TeamRox
Mech Dara and Daniel de Carteret report: A group of online hackers calling themselves Cyber TeamRox have breached several local websites over the past two days, including those of the Cambodian Navy, AEON Microfinance and Build Bright University. In what appears to be a random selection of targets, a hacker with the group using the alias Harith101,…