Karen Ann Cullotta reports: The apparent identity thefts of more than 40 former and current New Trier High School employees have prompted the school district to ask local and state law enforcement authorities for help with the investigation, New Trier officials confirmed this week. […] New Trier officials said they were alerted in March to…
Category: Education Sector
College of the Desert notifies employees of e-mail breach
College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California recently notified employees that an employee sent an e-mail with an attached spreadsheet with employee information to 78 college employees. The spreadsheet contained employees’ name, Social Security number, date of birth, gender, zip code, job title, employee identification number, health insurance benefit plan selection, health insurance subscriber identification…
U.Va. Email Accidentally Exposes Student Information
Associated Press reports: The University of Virginia says a law school administrator accidentally sent an email with the personal information of 155 students. Officials say the email sent earlier this week via a school mass mailing list included a spreadsheet that contained GPAs, class ranks and personal biographical information on students who are applying for…
Bristol Community College Student Who Hacked Paris Hilton’s Phone Facing New Charges
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…
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…