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CA: Corona-Norco school district confronts security breach

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Dissent

Dayna Straehley reports: The Corona-Norco school district inadvertently published the Social Security numbers of more than 80 teachers and administrators on the Internet, a security breach discovered by an information privacy watchdog. Aaron Titus, information privacy director for the Liberty Coalition in Washington, D.C., said he found the list using a Google search as part…

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UNL tightens computer security after hacking

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports: A 24-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has been charged with hacking into his ex-girlfriend’s computer account, prompting the university to tighten its computer system’s security. Graduate student Mauricio Martinez Eusso guessed the answers to his former girlfriend’s password questions, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. Police said he then changed her password…

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Update: Funds stolen from University of Virginia recovered

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dissent

Just saw this update to the breach involving the University of Virginia College at Wise: Jordan Fifer of The Highland Cavalier, the student newspaper for UVa, wrote on Sept. 4: College administrators would not comment on specific details of the incident. Kathy Still, the college’s director of news and media relations, said the money stolen…

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MN: Exposed student data leaves prying eyes wide open

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Dissent

Anthony C. Maki reports: An online MCTC [Minneapolis Community and Technical College] directory left sensitive student data and internal documents accessible to the prying eyes of anyone with an Internet connection since at least the summer of 2006, according to an investigation by City College News. Besides annual accounts-receivable reports and salary rosters, a database spanning…

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NY: Computer stolen with students’ information

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Dissent

Jim Dolan of ABC reports: This school year is getting off to a bit of a rough start for thousands of CUNY [City University of New York] students. More than 7,000 of them received letters saying their names and Social Security numbers had been stolen. Now, there is growing concern about overall security at the…

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Eastern Michigan University investigating computer security breach, employee banking information may be compromised

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Dissent

Stefanie Murray reports: An Eastern Michigan University computer server was hacked into late Friday, potentially exposing employees’ direct deposit banking information, some university passwords and personal identification numbers, according to an e-mail sent to the EMU community tonight. The security breach occurred about 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to the e-mail, and was discovered Saturday by…

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