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University of Washington and other universities hacked. Again. And again.

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Dissent

The message at the top of a paste by two hackers pretty much nails it: A few days back, Team ITNRA hacker ‘HaxOr’ hacked into the University of Washington using a SQL injection. The SQL injection that was abused was fixed, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t more. Just because someone finds an SQL injection…

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Stealing kids’ identities: Miami-Dade schools sleaze

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Dissent

Francisco Alvarado reports: Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a security problem — and we’re not talking bad locks on the local elementary school’s front door. Student information has fallen repeatedly into thieving hands, and the latest lapse comes from an especially embarrassing accused perp: Tizrah Ingram-Johnson, daughter of the late black leader and former school…

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UK: ICO reveals four new undertakings following data breaches

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dissent

From the ICO: Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information in training materials published on its website, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The personal data was contained in screenshots used to demonstrate the use of particular University systems and included details such as names, addresses and dates of birth…

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AL: Wallace Community College hacked

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dissent

The Virtual SEPO blog reports that Wallace Community College in Alabama was hacked. Included in the data dump/proof of hack were 8 usernames, e-mail addresses, and passwords and a second table with 276 usernames, passwords, and full names. The passwords appear to be MD5 and were easily cracked using an online tool. The college was…

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Valley View University of Ghana hacked

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dissent

Valley View University in Ghana is a private chartered university.  According to Wikipedia, it is part of a worldwide system of over 100 tertiary institutions operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. And according to Virtual SEPO, it was hacked. The data dump includes entries consisting of e-mail address, plaintext passwords, and full names. Here’s a…

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University of Florida notifies 719 individuals about privacy breach

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Dissent

From the University of Florida today: University of Florida officials are notifying 719 individuals who were owed a check or refund by the university that their Social Security numbers were exposed on Florida’s Unclaimed Property website. In July 2005, the university submitted its Annual Unclaimed Property Report to the Florida State Department of Financial Services…

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