As a follow-up to a case previously reported here, James B. Drake, the former University of Central Missouri police officer who pleaded guilty in January to stealing student identification information and conspiracy to commit identity theft, was sentenced by a federal judge in Kansas City to five years of probation. His wife is scheduled to…
Category: Education Sector
Fear of identity theft after break-in at college
John Walshe reports: Birth certificates and other personal details including bank drafts and cheques from around 20 teacher training applicants have been stolen from a college. The break-in at St Patrick’s College of Education in Drumcondra, Dublin has raised fears among some applicants and their parents about the dangers of identity theft. President of the…
CT Attorney General Seeks More Details About Student Loan Data Breach Involving 3.3 Million
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that he is seeking more details about a data breach at Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) that may have exposed personal information on 3.3 million federal student loan borrowers, including hundreds of thousands from Connecticut. Minnesota law enforcement officials announced that they have recovered the stolen data and arrested…
Student data found exposed
A file containing sensitive student information was found by an Olympic College student unsecured on the OC intranet recently, but according to the Information Technology Department the problem has been fixed. Tom Jacobs, customer service manager for IT, said the file was secured “within minutes of finding the problem.” Jon Bowers, student body president, said…
(update) 9-year-old didn’t hack Blackboard system
Although it made for an interesting story, it seems that the recent incident in Virginia, reported here, was not a hack. The kid simply found and used a teacher’s password. Robert McMillan has the corrected story here.
Recovered: Stolen data on 3 million student loan borrowers
Paul Walsh reports: Stolen personal information on more than 3 million student loan borrowers was recovered in connection with the discovery in a Minneapolis alley of two safes containing CDs and floppy discs and sat in a police evidence room for weeks before authorities knew just what they had, state officials said Friday. […] The…