Employees in the Redford Union School District noticed a problem Tuesday with a mailing they received telling them about a new dental coverage plan. The envelopes that contained the information had the employees’ social security numbers listed on the address labels, where the zip codes should have been…. The district said the dental coverage carrier,…
Category: Education Sector
UCM notifying 7000 of Breach
The University of Central Missouri is notifying 7,000 students who were enrolled for the summer of 2005 and the summer of 2006 that two computer reports containing their names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth were in two paper reports that were stolen. Source: KMBC
Commission for Teacher Preparation Computer Stolen
From Tulsa World: The Commission for Teacher Preparation is notifying individuals that one of its computer servers containing client Social Security numbers had been stolen but was recovered. The server contained the names of teacher candidates who tested for licensure and certification from 1999 through 2007, said Ted Gillispie, commission executive director. The server had…
Security Breach Announced at Cornell
A stolen Cornell University computer has compromised the personal information of thousands of members of the University community. The computer contained the names and social security number of current and former students as well as current and former faculty and staff members. An e-mail obtained by WVBR said that currently, no misuse of this sensitive…
NY: Ex-Penfield school district worker accused of computer trespass
Owens F. Shepard, a former Penfield Central School District employee, was arrested Friday on charges of using the district’s state Department of Motor Vehicles account to illegally access nearly 150 records. A news release said Shepard illegally accessed the account between June 2007 and May of this year, “including searches apparently done for the sake…
Ca: Credit card fraud draws two-year sentence
Betty Ann Adams of TheStarPhoenix.com reports that Brandon Brian Therens, a newly graduated University of Saskatchewan student, pleaded guilty to hacking into the university’s computer in 2007 and downloading the credit card information of about 3,600 students. Therens also admitted to other frauds and thefts between May and October 2007: He stole hand-held wireless debit…