Cassie Fambro reports: The University of South Alabama has corrected an issue that resulted in 80 scholarship students’ personal information leaking on the Internet, according to USA spokesman Bob Lowry. “Personal information contained on the applications included each scholarship applicant’s name, address, phone number, date of birth, names of parents, high school grades and transcripts….
Category: Education Sector
Universities and colleges: you’ve been warned
Every day, I see reports of SQLi vulnerabilities or cross-scripting vulnerabilities for university/college sites, and I wonder, “How many students and employees have personal information at risk because of this?” Consider this tweet from a self-described black hat hacker, @JM511: @amzh702 I’m tryin to fucked up any college or ESL or university as much as…
Former Assistant Band Director for Broward County School District Pled Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Former Students’ Info
There’s a follow-up to a case first reported in May. A former assistant band director pled guilty for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving former Broward County students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Delvis Demaine Rogers, 27, of Hollywood, Florida, pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen…
TX: IRS employee loses flash drive with 11,000 Katy Independent School District employees’ SSN
Sofia Ojeda reports: More than 11,000 workers’ personal information, including birth dates, addresses, and Social Security numbers were potentially leaked during a random IRS audit. […] In an email to Katy ISD employees obtained by KPRC 2, Katy ISD Superintendent Alton Frailey explained the security breach. He said that Wednesday, the IRS conducted a random…
NZ: Email outs vulnerable students
The New Zealand Herald reports: Vulnerable university students had their privacy breached in an email asking them to rate their experiences with counselling services. Dozens of Massey University students’ email addresses and names were visible in the message sent last month, in what the Privacy Commissioner’s office said was a breach of private information. A…
VA: Teacher’s file contains personal info on others
Jeremy Lazarus reports: If you teach or have taught for Richmond Public Schools, your colleagues may have access to your personal information. The disclosure that the RPS Human Resources Department is failing to guard confidential records came from a former teacher who found her personnel file contained information it should not have, including Social Security…