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Stolen Laptop May Have Compromised Students’ Personal Info

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Dissent

ABC in South Carolina reports: It’s a breech in security at the University of South Carolina. A spokesperson says a computer stolen from the physics and astronomy department at the end of April may have compromised the personal information of more than 6,000 students. We’re talking names, e-mail addresses and social security numbers. The affected…

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FL: Teacher preparation data exposed online

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Dissent

Travis Pillow reports: Florida’s Education Commissioner is ordering a review of the state’s data security procedures after personal information for thousands of teachers-in-training was exposed on the Internet. The state Department of Education announced Saturday that personal information for about 47,000 participants in state teacher preparation programs was publicly available on the Internet for two…

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AL: Unsecured documents found at Banks Middle School

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Dissent

Cory McGinnis reports, “The documents are the records of former Banks Middle School students, that include addresses, phone numbers, and even social security numbers.”  How many years have the documents been unsecured and exposed this way? And will anyone be notifying those whose records were so exposed?  

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Former UNL student federally indicted in security breach

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Dissent

Lori Pilger reports a former student arrested in connection with the hack at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2012 that also affected the state college system faces additional charges: Daniel Stratman, 23, already faced a criminal charge — reckless damage to a protected computer during unauthorized access — filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in December. Now he faces a dozen counts….

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Former UCM student sentenced for stealing student and faculty info

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Dissent

Following up on the indictment of two former University of Central Missouri students for stealing faculty and student information for commercial gain, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri issued a press release today that one of the defendants has been sentenced to three years in prison plus restitution: Tammy Dickinson, United…

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TX: At least one Arlington school district employee has reported unauthorized financial activity after laptop theft

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Patrick M. Walker reports:  School district officials said Thursday that they have heard from one employee whose financial information has been compromised since two laptops were stolen from the Arlington district’s benefits office last week. However, district spokeswoman Leslie Johnston said, it was not known whether the unauthorized activity was directly related to the theft….

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