Blayne Alexander reports: Atlanta Public School officials are investigating a computer hacking incident at Grady High School. According to a district spokesperson, nearly 200 computers were affected. On Sept. 4th, Grady High School principal Timothy Guiney sent a letter to parents, explaining the situation. “The perpetrator(s) have transmitted threatening comments on one occasion and also…
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TX: Shared hard drive left Bexar County Sheriff’s Office employees’ info vulnerable
KSAT reports: The human resources department at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has notified employees of a possible data breach. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said at one point a shared drive containing employee information could have been accessed by people outside of the department. Read more on KSAT.
Kansas State U. discloses possible leak of student personal information
Earlier this month, Rick Dean reported: Kansas State University officials say an internal error may have exposed on the Internet personal information from candidates seeking admission to the school’s graduate program in agronomy. In a news release Wednesday, school officials said 19 persons who had applied for admission to graduate programs between 2010 and 2013…
Omaha Burke apologizes for information leak
Jeremy Maskel reports: Omaha Burke High School Principal Dr. Deborah Frison apologized in an email to families Wednesday, after an earlier email included an attachment with more than 2,000 students’ home addresses, phone numbers and student ID numbers. The email did not include any Social Security numbers. Read more on KETV. h/t, @VERISDB
FL: Tax refund fraud scheme involved two insiders misusing databases
WTXL reports that five people have been indicted in a tax refund fraud scheme that included two employees misusing their access to databases. One of those indicted, Katrina Pratt, had been an administrative assistant in human resources at Florida A & M University (FAMU), and allegedly used the identities of 40 students there as part…
Top official fired for records security breach at St. Louis Recorder of Deeds office
Adam McDonald reports: A top official in the St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Office has been fired for a vital records security breach of about 19,000 unauthorized copies of death certificates. The acting Recorder of Deeds, Jennifer Florida, says Preggy Meeker, the alleged suspect, allowed employees to log into Missouri’s vital records system by using…