It looks like Connecticut’s new Attorney General, George Jepsen, intends to pursue data breaches like his predecessor. According to Hartford Business Times, Jepsen has sent a letter to UConn requesting additional information on the breach and he “has also has insisted UConn provide its customers with identify theft and other credit protections.”
Category: Education Sector
Securing data will be costly, UH says
Gene Park reports: The University of Hawaii says it needs $1.9 million to tighten its Web security and lessen the chance of future data breaches of individual privacy. In addition, the 10-campus system would need about $764,000 a year to maintain and operate the upgraded system, said David Lassner, the university’s vice president for information…
(follow-up) UMS beefs up data security after breach
Judy Harrison of Bangor Daily News reports that following a breach last summer at the University of Maine, the uni is investing $2.6 million to upgrade security. Trustees were briefed Monday on a proposal to improve the security of data. A recent data scan systemwide showed four areas of high risk and three of medium…
UConn Customer Database Hacked (updated)
Bob Connors reports: UConn is warning thousands of customers who bought items on it’s HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com website that their personal information may have been exposed in a data security breach. A hacker obtained access to the HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com database containing billing information for 18,000 customers. The website is used by people to buy sports gear from…
Ca: Boy hacked into Catholic school board’s computer
Another Canadian school has been caught with its security pants down, it seems, after some security protections were not reactivated following a server upgrade. Kennedy Gordon reports: The Catholic school board took action after learning a young hacker had accessed confidential records — action due in part to the boy’s parents. John Mackle, education director…
Stolen Tulane laptop had W-2 info, S.S. numbers of each employee
A Tulane University-owned laptop was stolen last year that had a file containing private information of each person employed at the university in the past year, according to school officials. The computer had W-2 information, names, Social Security numbers, address and salary for every employee, including student and part-time employees and anyone who will receive…