Mary Beth Faller reports: A massive data breach at Maricopa Community Colleges was a result of staff errors in the information technology department, and the estimated cost of fixing the problem and aiding victims could rise as high as $14 million. An official with the Maricopa County Community College District said an outside consultant had…
Category: Education Sector
NJ: Drew University notified some employees and dependents after employee’s e-mail account was hacked
A Drew University employee’s e-mail account containing e=mails with personal information on employees and family members/dependents was hacked. The personal information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The employee reported the hacked account on October 1, and following forensic investigation and an address search by their print vendor, notifications were sent…
Former UNL student pleads guilty in security breach
Lori Pilger reports a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog: The 23-year-old former student indicted in connection to a computer security breach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last year pleaded guilty Tuesday. Daniel Stratman, who lives in Omaha now and works for an IT company, had faced a dozen counts in an…
Chicago Public Schools’ students’ health data accidentally posted online
Backy Schlikerman reports: A small amount of Chicago Public Schools’ students’ health data was accidentally posted online, but the issue is fixed, the city of Chicago announced Friday. Data collected about some 2,000 student who participate in a free vision examination program provided by the city was “incorrectly configured” and was available on the Internet,…
Maricopa Colleges waited 7 months to notify 2.4 million students of data breach
Mary Beth Faller reports some interesting details about the Maricopa Community Colleges breach noted previously on this blog: The Maricopa County Community College District waited seven months to notify 2.4 million current and former students and employees that their academic or personal data were compromised in an April security breach. […] The FBI notified the…
Maricopa Community Colleges notifies 2.5M after data security breach (update 6)
Tim Gallen and Mike Sunnucks report: The Maricopa County Community College District is notifying nearly 2.5 million students, former students, vendors and employees because their personal information may have been exposed in a security breach. The Tempe-based college district announced today that it is contacting 2.49 million students, employees and suppliers that their information may…