ABC reports: Palatine police are investigating a sexually explicit and obscene email sent Tuesday night to almost all of the 5,400 students at William Fremd High School and Palatine High School in Palatine, Ill. The email was sent using the internal student email system. Read more on ABC.
Category: Education Sector
U. Chicago hacked by Carbonic – claim (Updated)
It appears we should add the University of Chicago to schools hacked by Carbonic. And yes, chalk it up to another SQLi vulnerability. In a statement to DataBreaches.net, @MarxistAttorney reported that they got payroll information, employee IDs and a “substantial amount of information they didn’t publicize.” A copy of the url vulnerable to SQLi exploit was…
TX: Data breach hits MPISD employees
Gary Borders reports: Personal information of approximately 915 present and former staff members of Mount Pleasant ISD may have been compromised between Jan. 18 and Jan. 21. […] When technology director Noe Arzate clicked on the link in the Tweet, “it took him to a downloaded file that included name, address and Social Security numbers” of…
In: Registrar’s email hacked, misused on UTD campus
The Free Press Journal reports: Three days after registrar RD Musalgaonkar’s e-mail was allegedly hacked and a letter seeking votes for Congress candidate for Indore mayor’s post – Archana Jaiswal – was sent through it to college principals, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) computer experts traced the terminal used in the malicious act. It’s one of…
University of Oregon unlawfully releases 22,000 pages with confidential faculty, staff and student records
Richard Read reports: University of Oregon officials have placed two employees on leave after the “unlawful release” of 22,000 pages of records from the president’s office, including confidential information on faculty, staff and students. Interim UO President Scott Coltrane sent out an email Tuesday night, addressed to colleagues, saying an investigation was underway. Although no Social Security numbers, financial…
IL: 2 Bartlett High students face felony hacking charges
Katlyn Smith provides an update on a previously noted breach: Two 16-year-old Bartlett High School students face felony charges after authorities say they hacked into the school’s computer system. One of the male students was charged with aggravated computer tampering and the other was charged with computer fraud, police said Tuesday. Their names are not…