Eric Curl reports Several hundred Armstrong Atlantic State University alumni’s Social Security numbers have been compromised following the theft of a hard drive from the school’s campus in early October. The numbers stored on the device belonged to former nursing students who attended the university before late 2006, said Armstrong spokesperson Francisco Duque. That was…
Category: Education Sector
Saint Louis University employees notified of computer breach
KSDK alerts us to a breach involving the Saint Louis University network. Although the university has not posted anything to its web site at the time of this posting, KSDK reports that faculty, students and staff have been notified about a computer breach. The station also provides a copy of the email sent to those…
NY: 61,001 Stony Brook University IDs Leaked On the Net
Kevin Lizarazo reports: A file containing 61,001 names, including NetIDs and SBU IDs, was leaked on the Internet on Dec. 14., prompting the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to investigate the incident. Richard W. Reeder, DoIT’s Chief Information Officer, called the disclosure “very irresponsible.” A user posted the file on sbuchat.com, a website described on…
Ohio State notifies 760,000 of unauthorized access to university server
Earlier this year, Ohio State University (OSU) noted that they had been averaging about data breaches per year, usually minor, but involving SSN. Yesterday, they revealed another breach. I’m not sure how you try to minimize access to a server containing PII on 760,000 people or a finding that your server was used to launch…
Feds: Former dean hacked into system, sent students e-mail threats
Natasha Korecki reports on a wild case in the federal courts: It was 2007 when Kaplan University students received a disturbing message in their e-mail inboxes. “YOU ARE F—–!” was the subject heading. And it was signed by the head of the online school. “Your schools (sic) Web site has been Hacked!” the e-mail threatened….
WI: UW-Madison warns 60,000 of old ID card data hack
Samara Kalk Derby reports about a newly revealed breach involving the University of Wisconsin – Madison: Records with the names and identification card numbers of 60,000 people affiliated with UW-Madison were hacked into, compromising Social Security numbers. UW-Madison became aware of the problem Oct. 26 and notified the mostly former students, faculty and staff members…