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Educational Security Incidents Year in Review – 2009

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Dissent

After a hiatus, Adam Dodge’s ESI blog is back, and Adam has published his analysis of education sector breaches in 2009. From his summary: The ESI Year in Review – 2009 examines all of the information security incidents occurring at colleges and universities around the world as reported in the news during 2009. The information…

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Roanoke City Schools sold computers with employees personal information

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Dissent

The Roanoke City School Superintendent told the districts more than 2000 employees that their personal information may have been compromised. Rita Bishop said today that eight computers the district sold second-hand still had their hard dives intact. Those hard drives were supposed to be removed before the computers were sold. This potential compromise of personal…

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Former U. Akron student pleads guilty to damaging systems, DDoS attacks

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Dissent

Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced Wednesday Mitchell L. Frost, age 23, of Bellevue, Ohio, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy A. Vecchiarelli and pleaded guilty to a two-count Information filed on May 14, 2010, which charged Frost with causing damage to a protected computer system and possessing…

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NV: School district denies illegal record disposal accusation

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Dissent

Stephanie Carroll reports: The Churchill County School District denied that student records are being disposed illegally, an allegation made recently by information protection professional Tom Considine during his radio show “Who Complys.” Considine said CCSD employees contacted him last year asking about proper disposal of student records, claiming the district dumps special education and psychological…

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Stupid is as stupid does: the Lake Ridge Middle School breach

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to previous coverage about the stolen Lake Ridge Middle School stolen thumb drive here and here, Andrea McCarren of WUSA-9 provides some additional details that have infuriated parents (emphasis added by me): The device was taken from a bag in an administrator’s unlocked car in her unlocked garage. ….. On the stolen…

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(update) Students’ personal data exposed after USB drive stolen

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dissent

Graham Cluley comments on the stolen USB drive from Lake Ridge Middle School. He draws the same inference I did — that because there is no mention that the drive was encrypted, he assumes it wasn’t. And…. wait for it…. it was stolen from a school official’s car. Speaking of school data breaches, I learned…

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