Milton J. Valencia reports that recidivist hacker Cameron Lacroix (aka “cam0,” “Freak,” and “leetjones”) was sentenced to four years in prison for a variety of hacking crimes that included accessing the computer accounts of three professors at Bristol Community College in New Bedford and changing grades for himself and two friends hacking into a local police chief’s…
Category: Education Sector
Former TSA worker sentenced for ID theft fraud using stolen student identity info
Paula McMahon reports an update to a case previously noted on this site: A Broward man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for identity theft and wire fraud last week after admitting he used Miami-Dade County public school students’ stolen identities to file illegal tax returns. Donald Claude, 34, of Miramar,…
Mother says daughter’s school records posted on Instagram
WSB-TV in Atlanta reports: An Atlanta mother is upset after she says her daughter’s personal files were left out in a classroom and someone posted pictures of them on Instagram. Maisha Harris says the files showed her daughter’s Social Security number on them and she’s worried about identity theft. “It shows schools, name, her last…
Leader of Team Digi7al sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Oklahoma: Daniel Trenton Krueger, one of two leaders of the computer hacking group known as Team Digi7al, was sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison for hacking the U.S. Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and over 50 public and private computer systems, U.S. Attorney Danny C….
LA: New Orleans student Social Security numbers found on auctioned-off laptops
Danielle Dreilinger reports: State officials announced Friday that the Social Security numbers, names and birthdates of 210 students were left on at least two laptops sold at auction Oct. 11. Those laptops were surplus equipment from the Future Is Now charter group sold after the organization ended its program at John McDonogh High in New…
KY: Warren County Public Schools system hacked
Daily News reports: A Warren County Public Schools student gained access to electronic files that contain personally identifiable information. WCPS released today that a student gained unauthorized access to the files that contain information like Social Security numbers of board employees and students. Administrators notified law enforcement of the breach. The Kentucky State Police are…