Monica Norton reports: A USB drive containing the personal information of students at a Woodbridge middle school was stolen during a burglary last week, according to a notice sent to parents on Friday. The drive, used by Lake Ridge Middle School administrators to contact parents in the event of an emergency, contained students names, identification…
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PA: Feds look into CTC bank theft
Mark Guydish reports: Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Solicitor Anthony Lupas said Friday that there is a federal investigation into possible theft from a center bank account done by a computer hacker, but investigators had asked him not to release any details. Lupas would not say how much money might have been stolen, but…
FL: Error Puts Private College Data Online
Until Friday, the names, addresses, Social Security and driver’s license numbers of hundreds of people associated with Edward Waters College were accessible to anyone doing a Google or Yahoo search. In what college officials admit was a mistake, the information in faxes sent to EWC from employees and potential students was available online because the…
UCSF employee charged with wire fraud
Henry K. Lee reports: A UCSF Medical Center employee has been charged in federal court with wire fraud for allegedly using the Social Security numbers of fellow workers to complete online health surveys so that he could receive hundreds of $100 vouchers. From January to April, Cam Giang of San Francisco used other UC employees’…
9 Indicted In Obama Record Breach
Nine people have been indicated in federal court on charges they accessed President Barack Obama’s student loan records while employed for a Department of Education contractor in Iowa. The U.S. attorney’s office says a grand jury returned the indictments Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Davenport. The nine individuals are charged with exceeding authorized computer…
VA: Personal info accidentally released by Campbell schools
Jessie Pounds reports: Campbell County Schools inadvertently released “personally identifiable material” as part of a response to a Freedom of Information Act request, Superintendent Robert Johnson said Wednesday. Darryl Whitesell, an attorney and Gladys Elementary School parent, said he received a document that appeared to include school employee names, schools and full Social Security numbers,…