John Hill reports: The University of Rhode Island has asked law enforcement officials for help in investigating who hacked into the university’s email accounts records, possibly obtaining the email addresses and passwords to about 3,000 university email accounts, a university spokeswoman said Thursday. Read more on Providence Journal. Related: URI FAQ on incident
Category: Education Sector
VT Attorney General settled security breaches with Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport and Auburn University
In May, there were follow-ups to two breaches, but I missed them at the time. In the spirit of better late and complete than never, here’s the press release from the Vermont Attorney General’s Office: Earlier today Attorney General William Sorrell filed a settlement in Washington County Superior Court with Embassy Suites South San Francisco, located in…
FL: Brothers Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Students’ and Other Individuals’ Information
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Two North Miami brothers were sentenced for an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information. Rigo Octavio Lopez, 25, and Luis Daniel Lopez Morales, 19, were each sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…
Hacker claims Madhya Pradesh varsity’s results can be altered
Vignesh Radhakrishnan reports: The websites of several leading varsities, including Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya of Indore and Mumbai University, are vulnerable to hacking that can alter sensitive information stored on their databases, according to a white hat hacker. The white-hat or ethical hacker, who goes by the name Root_X_FlooD, contacted Hindustan Times and said the portal…
CA: Anonymous responsible for Clayton Valley Charter High computer hack?
Matthias Gafni reports: A hacker claiming association with Anonymous, a loosely associated network of Internet hackers and activists, sent an e-mail with attachments to county education officials last week alerting them to “corruption and manipulation” at Clayton Valley Charter High School, authorities said. The attachments included e-mails from at least one school staff member, police…
More details emerge on UVa attack
Dean Seal has some additional details on the University of Virginia attack reported yesterday. Of note, the attack appeared to be from China and specifically targeted the email accounts of two employees whose work is connected with China. Read more on Daily Progress.