I updated the original post for a while, but thought it worth mentioning that the number of fraud reports from NWFSC employees continues to grow. It’s now up to 86, up 26 from a week ago. I hope all employees have flagged or frozen their accounts.
Category: Education Sector
IL: Plainfield Schools Job Application Website Hacked (updated)
Shannon Antinori reports: Anyone who applied online for a job in District 202 over the last few years got a nasty surprise on Saturday, after a hacker breached security on a website used by the district for employment applications. […] Hernandez said District 202 officials have been in touch with the company that owns the…
Hackers access University of Georgia personnel information
The University of Georgia has issued the following release today: An ongoing investigation into what officials call “a criminal act of computer trespass” reveals that the personnel records of at least 8,500 current and former University of Georgia employees apparently were accessed by an intruder, UGA Vice President for Information Technology Timothy M. Chester announced…
Almost 280,000 to be notified of hack at Northwest Florida State College; ID theft reported
Jim Turner reports: An information security breach has been reported involving employee and student records at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. […] According to the state Department of Education, the breach included more than 3,000 employee records and approximately 76,000 Northwest College student records containing personal identification information; and approximately 200,000 records with information…
Hackers release personal information of 600 in Ohio State College of Dentistry
Ben Keith reports that one of the entities affected by a recent TeamGhostShell hack was Ohio State College of Dentistry. Okay, but here’s the thing: should the college have notified those whose names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and passwords were acquired and dumped on the Internet? You might think “yes,” but Ohio state law…
Reports of Another Education Department Data Breach
A new feature for student borrowers on the Education Department’s National Student Loan Data System might have revealed personal data about borrowers, mimicking another data breach a year ago. The system, a clearinghouse for borrowers and institutions to get information about student loans, recently added a way for borrowers to download all of their data…