Shannon McMahon reports: A Bristol Community College student who reportedly leaked incriminating photos he hacked from Paris Hilton’s cellphone in 2005 is facing new charges after allegedly breaking into his college’s computer network and a law enforcement computer. He is also accused of obtaining stolen bank card data for more than 14,000 account holders. […] The new…
Category: Education Sector
Data breach reported in Arkansas State department (updated)
AP reports: The Arkansas Department of Human Services has told Arkansas State University about a data breach in ASU’s College of Education and Behavioral Science’s Department of Childhood Services. ASU said Friday that the breach could expose personally identifiable information. Chief Information Officer Henry Torres says there has been unauthorized access to the data —…
More details emerge on SDSU breach
idRADAR.com has additional details on the breach involving San Diego State University reported here last week. Jeanne Price reports: A total of 1,050 students have been identified in the group whose data was discoverable online. Since the pre-college program is for students in 6th to 12th grade, it likely that most if not all of these…
Colleges Remain Big-Game Targets for Hackers
D. Frank Smith reports: Colleges have consistently been a prime target for hackers. In 2013, the University of Wisconsin sustained up to 100,000 hacking attempts each day, according to The New York Times. And research released May 20by the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council shows that the education sector topped the charts in a survey of…
Audit of Southern Illinois U. uncovers multiple concerns
Associated Press reports that an audit of Southern Illinois University reveals that hundreds of computers are unaccounted for, raising concerns as to whether any confidential information was on them. Also of note: The audit also uncovered multiple breaches of confidential student information at the two campuses – including the names, grades and Social Security numbers of more…
San Diego State University notifies students of information exposure
So as if we didn’t have enough breaches in higher education recently, San Diego State University is notifying students who were enrolled in Pre-College Institute programs that their name, Social Security number, date of birth, address, and other personal information was in a database that enabled any computer connected to the SDSU wired network (offices,…