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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Portable Device Containing Social Security Numbers & Personal Info Left in a Champlain College Computer Lab
Joe Gullo reports: Champlain College notified parents and students of a data security incident Monday morning. A press release says a portable storage device containing names, Social Security numbers, and other information provided to the college’s admissions and financial aid offices was left in a computer lab on campus. The drive was returned to Champlain…
WI: Hack of Cooperative Education Service Agency 10 web portal reveals faculty passwords
WEAU reports: A school district service agency says teachers’ passwords were hacked and Tuesday night it’s getting out the message to the people affected. CESA 10’s administrator tells WEAU its old web portal where teachers registered for classes was hacked, and it’s now using a new site that is not affected. CESA, which stands for…
SC:Personal data from 12,000 York Tech applicants may have been exposed
Don Worthington reports: The names, Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers of more than 12,000 online student applicants at York Technical College might have been exposed, school officials said Tuesday. And it was one of the applicants who discovered the problem and brought it to the college’s attention. […] York Tech President Greg Rutherford…
Follow-up: How did a hacker get into UGA system?
Joe Johnson reports some of the follow-up on University of Georgia hack disclosed last year: University of Georgia officials thought they may have been under attack from multiple hackers when the identities of thousands of employees and students went missing last fall. But it turned out to be the work of a single person, a…
‘Glitch’ publishes private info of more than 100 Oakland Community College students
Diana Dillaber Murray reports that a “computer glitch” is being blamed for students’ information being exposed on the Internet: Oakland Community College is investigating how personal information of more than 100 students in connection with student loans became available on the college website. The information has been removed from the website and OCC officials are…