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3 Dixon High Students Suspended in Grade Data Breach

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Dissent

As an update to a previously reported incident: at least three students have been suspended so far in the grade-changing hack that has rocked Dixon High School. At least nine teacher accounts were hacked and 200 grades changed since January for 32 students. One teacher noticed something that resulted in the investigation, but I have yet…

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Penn State College of Engineering hacked; China suspected in at least one attack (updated)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Dissent

University alerted by FBI in November 2014 18,000 whose SSN were on server being notified First attack may have occurred in September 2012 NBC reports: The engineering school at Penn State was the target of two sophisticated hacking attacks, one of which cybersecurity experts say originated in China, the university announced on Friday. While the university…

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CA: Dixon High School student arrested in electronic grade-changing scandal

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Dissent

Richard Bammer reports: An 18-year-old Dixon High School student was arrested Thursday on suspicion of altering a computer data system, a felony, in connection with more than 200 grade changes for more than 30 students at the school. Senior Juan Ambriz was taken into custody at the 555 College Way campus by Dixon police after Dixon…

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OH: Students report credit card info stolen from cafe

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Buckey reports: Lourdes University nursing students who recently fell victim to fraud involving their credit or debit cards figured out what may be the best clue for police: They each had made purchases near the end of April at the university cafe. Justin Mannebach, 30, was one of the student victims of the fraud…

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Follow-Up: How the University of Sydney Was Hacked

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Dissent

Back in February, we noted a hack involving the University of Sydney.  A young hacker named “Abdilo” claimed responsibility for it and noted that he had exploited an Orsee vulnerability. Last week, Chris Howell of Honi Soit followed up on the breach: Closer to home, a reliance on security through obscurity seems to be partially responsible for…

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WA: Mercer Island Police investigating case of high school hacking

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Dissent

David Ham reports: Detectives are investigating allegations that a 17-year-old student at Mercer Island High School hacked into the school’s online record-keeping system to change his own grades. According to court documents, a teacher reported to the school administration that she’d noticed odd activity on her school teacher account and then noticed one particular student’s…

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