Ella Shoup reports: Several portions of the University’s information technology systems were illegally accessed by “sophisticated attackers originating in China” earlier this year, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Hogan said in an email Friday to members of the University community. The University first became aware of a possible breach when notified by…
Category: Education Sector
Hacktivists claim data breach at Florida International University, University of Miami
Andrea Torres is getting MSM readers caught up on some of GhostShell’s activity a few months ago, it seems: A team of self-proclaimed activists used the “Team Ghost Shell” Twitter account to continue to protest against institutions that they claim are not doing enough to protect personal data. They claim to have released data that belonged…
Yeah, that explains it
“It’s just sort of the vagaries of the system (on) how it got corrupted” — a statement by the secretary for Catholic education at the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese, on the catastrophic failures affecting computer servers in July that have delayed school opening at one high school.
Africa: Kenyan Universities Top List of Hackers in Africa – Report
Stephen Letoo reports: Kenyatta University and JKUAT are among Kenyan universities topping a list of hackers in Africa, says a report by Cyberoam. The report placed Kenya among African countries leading in cyber attacks, after Egypt, Morocco and South Africa. “Hacktivists” tamper with school systems to adjust grades and fee balances, says the report released…
80 University of South Alabama scholarship students’ personal info leaked
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….
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…