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TX: Hacker gained access to personal data of all students, employees in Houston Independent School District

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dissent

Houston Independent School District (HISD)  announced an overhaul of their computer network security system Thursday after a hacker gained access to the private data of all students, employees and some vendors dating back 10 years. District officials said the first sign of the security breach was noted by HISD tech workers on October 24, 2010….

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UK: Hacker fined over Soas student password scam

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Dissent

A computer hacker who broke into the email accounts of hundreds of students has been fined £21,000. Daniel Woo, 23, a Bulgarian, admitted repeatedly posing as a student at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Bloomsbury, central London. Police said Woo, of Knightsbridge, took financial data, and fraud later occurred in some accounts….

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NY: Ex-MCC student Terry Zimmerman says he stole others’ refunds to find HIV cure

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Dissent

Gary Craig reports: A 19-year-old former Monroe Community College student maintains he stole from other college students via identity theft because he wanted to find a cure for the AIDS virus, authorities allege. Rochester resident Terry Zimmerman, who assisted other MCC students with computer problems, used his access to steal their financial aid refunds, court…

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Ca: Laptop theft could be massive file breach

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Dissent

The local public school board is scrambling to alert some students and their parents whose records and personal information are reportedly on a stolen laptop computer. Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board communications officer Kerry Donnell outlined, in a statement released to the press Tuesday, the steps being taken to alert those who may…

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Former UCM students indicted for scheme to sell stolen information

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Dissent

David Twiddy reports: Two former University of Central Missouri students have been charged with stealing the identities of thousands of their classmates and faculty with the goal of the information. A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted Joseph A. Camp, 26, of New York, and Daniel J. Fowler, 21, of Kansas City, with conspiracy,…

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(update) Missing Messiah College Hard Drive Found

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a breach reported here at the beginning of the week, WGAL reported on Friday that the Messiah College employee who had misplaced a hard drive containing personally identifiable information from the  financial aid office has found it. As the AP notes, however, the notification letters to 43,000 affected individuals already went out…

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