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Hackers Take Schools To School

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Dissent

Nice to see on data on this. Tim Wilson of Dark Reading writes: Some 63 percent of K-12 schools say they have experienced at least two security breaches in the past year, according to a new study, and their IT administrators are struggling to find the resources they need to keep up with security tasks….

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SSNs of All Laredo ISD Students Missing In Data Breach; Trustee says not “a big deal”

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Dissent

Morgan Smith reports: A disk holding the Social Security numbers of every student in the Laredo Independent School District — a total of 24,903 — has gone missing, according to the Texas Education Agency. TEA spokeswoman Suzanne Marchman said the agency first became aware of the situation in January, when officials with the University of…

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MI: Bloomfield Hills Schools exposes employees’ names and Social Security numbers to parents

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Dissent

Bill Laitner reports that a response to a freedom of information request provided more information than it should have: The Bloomfield Hills School District accidentally revealed the names and Social Security numbers of 321 employees to two district parents who requested the number of staff whose salaries and benefits totaled $100,000 or more. When parent…

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TX: Local Man Finds Student Social Security Numbers in Field

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dissent

Eli Ross reports on a document disposal breach involving the Killeen Independent School District. The papers may have (and I stress may at this point as nothing’s clear or confirmed): […] Perez showed News 10 where the wind had blown many documents, and News 10 found even more, including teacher evaluations, test-preparation materials, and even…

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UK: University email disclosed data of students with disabilities

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker writes: An email popped up on my Outlook earlier yesterday which nearly threw me off my chair. […] The email discussed my exam arrangements for this summer’s finals, whereby I would have my seating arrangements changed to accommodate my disability. You can’t have someone shouting out the answers in the same exam hall…

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OH: Walnut Township school payroll records hacked

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dissent

Carl Burnett Jr.  reports that someone hacked into  the Walnut Township School District payroll records database: Someone gained access into the payroll records between 1:15 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office report. […] The Sheriff’s Office report indicated the hackers had been able to access the 2008 payroll…

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