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Minnesota Education Department improperly releases transcripts from online charter school

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dissent

Mila Koumpilova reports: The Minnesota Department of Education improperly released the transcripts of 20 students at the online BlueSky Charter School in November, the department acknowledged Friday. The department uncovered the privacy breach this week while processing a new data request regarding the school, spokeswoman Charlene Briner said. Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, who took over the…

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Possible security breach involving Xavier University?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Dissent

On January 26, Jennifer Baker of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Miller Beckham III, 32, of Springfield Township was charged with demanding $20,000 from Xavier University in exchange for not publicly releasing personal student documents. On January 27, Cliff Peal of the same paper reported that students had not been notified of any breach and…

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Hacker may have sold access to Marshall U. website

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dissent

Yesterday, I noted that I had contacted Marshall University about a hacker offering “Full SiteAdmin Control” to their server for $99.00. My purpose in contacting them was two-fold: to alert them to a possible breach that they needed to look into and to ask for a comment or response. I never got to the second…

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Warner Pacific College laptop stolen from employee’s home

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dissent

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…

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Universal Technical Institute notifies 98 applicants of security breach

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dissent

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…

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$99 can buy you a uni’s “full database informations” (updated)

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Dissent

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/…

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