Gene Park reports: The University of Hawaii is now the target of a class-action lawsuit filed today, as a result of recent data breaches. The main plaintiff in the case, Philippe Gross, was a student at the Manoa campus from 1990 through 1998. He said four other names have been attached to his social security…
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Liberty Coalition gives University of Hawaii an ‘F’ for data breaches
In a news report headlined, “Data breaches earn UH an ‘F’,” Gordon Y.K. Pang reports: A national organization has given the University of Hawaii a grade of “F” for online security breaches that exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive information in nearly 260,000 records. The Liberty Coalition, a nonprofit civil liberties watchdog group, yesterday…
Hard Drive Containing Students’ Personal Info Goes Missing at Messiah College
From WGAL: A computer hard drive containing personal information about tens of thousands of current, former and prospective Messiah College students disappeared about two weeks ago, a representative of the small private college said Monday. The external hard drive — which backed up information on a laptop in the financial aid department — contained data…
NU students’ financial aid information posted on state treasurer’s website
Alissa Skelton reports: The University of Nebraska has asked the state treasurer to remove thousands of students’ classified financial aid and loan information that was published on a state spending website. But State Treasurer Shane Osborn said Saturday that’s impossible for his agency to do with limited staff and resources. “We don’t want to put…
Ca: Goodfellow student information stolen from vehicle
Chris Simon reports: A binder containing personal information on 93 Goodfellow Public School students was stolen from a teacher’s car in Springwater Township sometime overnight between Nov. 5 and 6. The binder, which had been placed inside a briefcase that looked similar to a computer case, was among several items stolen during the break-in, which…
Four U. Hawaii breaches since 2009 makes at least one student nervous
I received an email today from a University of Hawaii student who is feeling unsettled by all of the breaches that the University has had in the past year. He wanted to let me know that although mainstream media were saying that the University of Hawaii had experienced three breaches since 2009, they’ve actually experienced…