A University-owned laptop stolen from a staff member’s residence on March 25, 2009 reportedly contained names and some personal information, but not any Social Security numbers. An FAQ on the incident is available on Pacific University’s web site.
Category: Education Sector
ACU says computer server hacked
Brian Bethel reports: An Abilene Christian University computer server was hacked near the end of February, but university officials do not at this point believe any personal information was distributed. An e-mail dated one week ago from the college’s information technology branch states that the school experienced a security breach in a database containing myACU…
TX: UPD looking into stolen debit cards
Brandon Scott of The Huntsville Item reports: The University Police Department has been investigating reported stolen debit cards of students from Sam Houston State University. Huntsville police and the University police have totaled 24 cases of debit card and identity theft within the past month, all of which have been campus issued BearkatOne cards.
CA: Security breach at SCC inspires shredding changes
Sarah Rohrs reports that a computer printout containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of students in the 2008 graduating class of Solano Community College accidentally got mixed in with scrap paper used in a mathematics lab. The college believes it recovered all of the pages.
TN: Sensitive School Info Found Along Road
Josh DeVine of WSMV reports that confidential records including 21 students’ names, Social Security numbers and disabilities were found in the street. The students had all attended Bailey Middle School in 2006.
RI: E-mail error by Brown University leads to changes
Joanna Wohlmuth of The Brown Daily Herald reports that Brown’s Office of Financial Aid most likely did not violate federal or state laws when it inadvertently revealed the full names and email addresses of nearly 1,800 students who have initiated an application for University financial assistance in an email reminder to applicants. That sounds about…