On May 31st, Cuesta College sent a notification letter to employees, a copy of which was provided to the California Attorney General’s Office. It reads, in part: It has come to the attention of the San Luis Obispo County Community College District (“the District”) that on May 31, 2015 a District employee gained unauthorized access to the District’s employee database…
Category: Education Sector
Ca: Algonquin College server hacked but no data taken, college says
CBC News reported: A server hack at Algonquin College in Ottawa left the personal information of more than 1,000 former students vulnerable but no data was taken, according to the college. A news release issued on Friday said 1,225 students in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs are affected. Well,…
Scammers get personal info from 150 people on U-M email system
John Counts reports: Some email accounts of University of Michigan students and staff have been compromised, according to an alert posted on the school’s public safety departmental website Thursday. The alert says that more than 150 people on the system have fallen victim to “phishing emails” this week. People who have clicked on the scam…
After breaches, higher-ed schools adopt two-factor authentication
Ann Bednarz reports: Payday didn’t go as planned on January 2, 2014, for some Boston University employees. On that day, about a dozen faculty members discovered their paychecks hadn’t been deposited into their bank accounts. Thieves had changed the victims’ direct deposit information and rerouted their pay. BU’s IT security team traced the attack to a phishing…
CA: 2 San Dimas High School Students Arrested For Allegedly Changing Grades For Cash
CBS reports: Two students were in custody on Friday after allegedly hacking into their high school’s computer system to change grades in exchange for cash. On Thursday, which was the last day of school, detectives responded around 11:30 a.m. to San Dimas High School located in the 800 block of West Covina Boulevard for report…
UK: Livid parents in the school placement request system demand answers from East Ayrshire Council after confidential information was LEAKED
Clair Fullarton reports: Sensitive details, including 13 parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, along with children’s names and dates of birth were posted out with letters on St Andrew’s Primary placement request appeals. The list also gives siblings’ details, personal circumstances, child care arrangements and in one instance refers to a parent working away from home….