The University of Maine police department is investigating a data breach of which has lead to the exposure of personal and medical information of almost 5,000 students between the summer of 2002 and this past week. According to a press release from the university, the servers which have been breached were the ones that stored…
Category: Education Sector
NY: Going hack to school
Rebecca Harshbarger andYoav Gonen report: It was a technical foul. Hackers accessed the personal information of more than 2,400 Brooklyn Tech HS students and posted it on the school’s Web site, The Post has learned. The startling security breach put students’ names, addresses and birth dates — and, in many cases, their Social Security numbers…
OU Reports Virus, Security Breach
The University of Oklahoma is warning students about a security breach that may put their personal information at risk. The university said its Information Technology department noticed unusual Internet activity on a laptop computer associated with its network. It said it determined the computer belonged to an employee and was infected with a virus known…
CT: RHS Computer Security Breach
The following is a letter from Ridgefield High School Principal Jeff Jaslow and Superintendent Deborah Low, dated June 21, that was dispersed in the high school’s PTSA e-blast on Monday evening. Dear RHS students and families, We are sorry to report that recently there was a security breach of our RHS computer system. The students…
Florida International University to notify students and faculty of exposure breach
jprenaud posts: College of Education students and faculty members whose names were found in an unsecure database last month are being notified this week that some of their information may have been accessible to the public. This database was used in connection with the College of Education students’ E-Folio software application, which captured students’ mastery…
UNR Warns Patients About Possible Health Info Compromise
KTVN reports: Some University Health System patients are being notified by letter that their information may possibly have been viewed without consent. Here is the information we received in the Channel 2 Newsroom directly from the University of Nevada: Computer equipment from a University Health System office in Reno was stolen on June 11 and,…