I wasn’t even going to mention this breach on this blog. I originally intended to just add it to DataLossDB, but when I read it, I was somewhat put off by the school board’s actions and statements so I decided to comment on it here. Jeff Hicks reports: Nine computers stolen from the Waterloo Region…
Category: Education Sector
VA: Spotsylvania school employees’ personal information was available online
There’s been an exposure breach involving Spotsylvania school employees’ personal information. Yesterday, Fredericksburg.com reported: The division began mailing letters to employees about the security breach this afternoon and expects to have all of them mailed by tomorrow morning, schools spokeswoman Rene Daniels said in response to my inquiry. An employee discovered the problem on Dec….
Singapore’s NUS confirms security breach
Liau Yun Qing reports: Hackers have infiltrated the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) backend systems and made away with a trove of information, including staff usernames, domain information and hashed passwords. University has confirmed the incident but noted that the affected data is not confidential. According to a report Thursday on tech Web site Secure…
UT: Provo School District system hacked
Someone gained access to the district’s e-mail database and used it to send out about 3,200 emails to parents and some students. The e-mail contained a link to a survey about satisfaction with the district, but the district didn’t authorize sending it and they have no idea as yet who misused the database to send…
AR: City official identified as source of missing data
Bill Lawson provides some additional details on a previously noted breach: Pulaski County Special School District officials have identified Maumelle’s new finance director as the source of missing Social Security numbers and other personal information for 1,100 current and former district teachers and other employees. District spokesman Deb Roush of Maumelle says Tasha Thompson was…
NJ: School district investigates Internet security breach
Joseph Cramer reports that school district staff are investigating a security breach into a Ridgewood school building through a compromised computer password. The breach was discovered last weekend, according to a release send out by school officials on Wednesday. The district Internet technology (IT) department is working with school administration to determine if any data…