Ben Woods reports: Piles of documents revealing student names, photographs, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and some files exposing sensitive medical information, were found in bin bags at City College. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found the college on Ipswich Road had adequate procedures and policies for dealing with personal information,…
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Update: One of two stolen Albright computers recovered
Steven Henshaw reports: State police said Friday that they have recovered one of two laptop computers stolen from Albright College’s financial aid office. Troopers said it appears the suspect, who is not a student, stole the computers to trade them for drugs, not the information they contained. The second laptop remains missing and an investigation…
Hundreds of College and Government websites still redirecting to fake stores
In January, I talked about high-profile websites, which had been hacked to redirect users to fake online stores. One unique aspect of the hack was the fact that the attackers had set up additional web servers on non-standard ports. Most of the domains I listed in the post were cleaned up pretty quickly. Three months…
Ie: NUI Galway security breach notice
From NUI Galway’s web site: This notice is related to a text which was sent by the University this week. If you received the text please read the message below as it explains the incident. On March 30 th2011 the University was advised that a file containing student id number, name, NUI Galway email address…
Ca: School board loses memory stick with employee data
CBC reports: The private information of thousands of Edmonton Public School Board employees has been missing for more than three weeks, CBC News has learned.In a massive privacy breach, a USB memory stick containing information, including resumes and employment records of about 7,000 employees, was lost on March 22. The stick was used by a…
PA: Theft Of College Computers May Result In Breach Of Personal Data
WFMZ-TV alerts us to a breach at Albright College in Reading, PA. Although there does not appear to be any easy-to-find notice on the college’s web site at the time of this publication, WFMZ reports: Albright College in Reading is putting its current, prospective, and former students on alert about a possible breach of…