It’s nice to see some schools getting the message and being proactive on preventing ID theft or reducing the risk. Reyes Mata reports: To protect students from becoming part of an identity theft scam, schools in Las Cruces have responded to online security threats by no longer collecting Social Security numbers from students. “We used…
Category: Education Sector
(Update) EPISD Lawyer: District Is Not Legally Liable For The Hacking
Gaby Loria reports: El Paso Independent School District trustees heard from concerned employees and parents at a Tuesday evening board meeting regarding the hacking situation that put more than 70,000 students and employees at risk for identity theft. […] The district alerted the community about the breach the day it found out about it and…
Two years later, Texas parent who reported a breach gets prosecutors off his back and his laptop returned
A Texas parent who reported a school district security breach involving sensitive student records spent the next two years facing federal charges and trying to get his laptop back Back in August 2009, DataBreaches.net reported that a parent had his work and personal computers seized by the FBI after he reported a security breach to his…
Indiana University School of Medicine notifies patients of stolen laptop containing personal and medical information
WISH reports: The Indiana University School of Medicine is warning thousands of people that their medical records could have been breeched after someone stole a laptop back in August. The medical school reports the laptop, stolen Aug. 16, contained records of 3,192 individuals that included name, age, sex, diagnosis, medical record number and in 178…
TX: Almost 15,000 students’ names, SSN and dates of birth exposed on the web since last year
Scott Lawrence reports: The superintendent of schools for Beaumont Independent School District today announced that letters are being mailed to parents of nearly 15,000 of its 19,848 students to inform them of a potential breach of data that occurred recently. According to Dr. Carrol A. Thomas, the breach concerning confidential information that was placed on…
Guam: Special Education database stolen from DOE
Parents of students with disabilities in the Department of Education’s Division of Special Education have reason to be concerned. Sometime between the hours of 5pm on July 29 and 6am of August 1, a data office at Chief Brodie Memorial School was broken into. According to school program consultant Terese Crisostomo, the most notable items…