Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon describes itself as a “close-knit, Christ-centered campus with amazing staff and faculty, an affordable tuition less than $17,000, and a culture of authentic Christian service to the city – and the world.” While that may sound admirable, apparently it meant nothing to a burglar who stole one of…
Category: Education Sector
Universal Technical Institute notifies 98 applicants of security breach
Universal Technical Institute recently notified 98 applicants that their names and Social Security Numbers were on a laptop stolen from UTI’s Phoenix office on November 18. In some cases, applicants’ contact details and dates of birth were also included in the file. By letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office dated January 131, UTI…
$99 can buy you a uni’s “full database informations” (updated)
A web site recently discussed by Imperva and Brian Krebs has an updated listing of hacked sites for sale, and in yesterday’s listing, there were a number of U.S. educational institutions: http://www.kent.edu/ Kent State University, A Top Ohio University Full site database Informations unknown $99 http://www.maricopa.edu/ Maricopa Community Colleges Full site database Informations unknown $99 http://www.unc.edu/…
Hackers get access to N.J. school data system
Robert McMillan reports: Users of the 4chan online message board managed to get access to the online student information system used by a New Jersey school district after the school’s administrative password was posted to 4chan last week. The problem started last Tuesday, according to the Plainfield Board of Education, which serves a small school…
MA: Students’ Personal Data Posted Online
Team 5 Investigates has learned that the personal information of as many as 1,300 current and former students at the Wentworth Institute of Technology was inadvertently put online. School officials notified all affected students of the data breach, which was reported to WIT on Dec. 22. The letter said that an “electronic file was accessible…
Error sends University of Missouri health insurance mail to wrong addresses
Adam Dodge of ESI sends along this news story by Ladd Egan: Hundreds of participants of University of Missouri’s health insurance program are being told to be on the look-out for insurance fraud after several hundred insurance communications were mailed to the wrong person. Health benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards were…