AAP reports: A Queensland man is facing fraud and cyber crime charges after he allegedly hacked into the computer at a Brisbane business education facility. Detectives from the Fraud and Cyber Crime Group searched a number of addresses in the Brisbane area on Friday and seized a computer and electronic equipment. They say they arrested…
Category: Education Sector
FBI doubts computer intrusion at Ball State University
The Star Press in Indiana reports: An FBI agent doubts that the thefts of the Social Security numbers of dozens of high-paid Ball State University employees occurred as the result of an invasion of the university’s computer systems. “I don’t think there was a breach (at BSU),” FBI agent Neal Freeman told The Star Press…
Metropolitan State University updates details on hack claimed by Abdilo
Back in January, DataBreaches.net reported that Metropolitan State University had acknowledged that they had been hacked. As I reported at that time, a teenage hacker from Australia, who used the Twitter name @Abdilo, had previously claimed in December that he had hacked them via SQL injection, and he thanked them for 22,000 Social Security numbers. They…
FL: Teacher’s laptop stolen in rash of St. Augustine Beach car burglaries
Oh, here’s a pleasant change. After a teacher’s laptop was stolen from her car, the reporter asked the St. Johns County School Board whether any student information on the school computer might have been compromised: Officials said all school computers are password-protected and their hard drives are encrypted, so no personal information could have been…
U. New Hampshire notifies 26 students after professor’s computer accessed by unauthorized individual
The University of New Hampshire has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach that occurred on March 16. According to the letter, a professor’s computer was accessed by an “unauthorized non-UNH agent.” It’s not clear from the letter whether someone had physical access to the computer or if this was a hack, but…
Miami Dade College Student Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Student Financial Services Accounts
A Miami Dade College student was sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $29,289, for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving student financial services accounts. Smith Jean, 23, previously pled guilty to one count…