Ben Grubb reports: NSW acting privacy commissioner John McAteer today said that his office was “examining” a data breach through which the detailed records of thousands of University of Sydney students past and present were leaked. The records were being stored online where they could be downloaded easily and read via an internet connection. It…
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AU: ‘Malicious hacker’ breaches University of Sydney website
Ben Grubb reports that the university got a very public demonstration of the need to harden their security. Although no personal information was reportedly accessed or acquired, the university got the message: A hacker who claims not to be qualified has breached Sydney University’s computer security in an apparent bid to embarrass administrators. But, as…
Omaha Public School employees warned of hacker
Joe Dejka reports: A computer hacker may have obtained Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 4,300 current and former Omaha Public Schools employees. An investigation into the attack on the Omaha School Employees Retirement System website, detected Dec. 21, was unable to determine whether information was stolen, Michael Smith, executive director…
Recent OSU computer system hack leaves students susceptible
Pamela Engel writes about an Ohio State University breach that was previously reported as affecting 760,000 individuals: … OSU officials discovered a “suspicious log-in to a server on the (OSU) computer system” during a routine computer-security check, according to the letter. The university notified anyone who has ever had an OSU e-mail address, which includes…
CT AG looking into UConn breach, demands credit monitoring services
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.”
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…