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Commentary: We need a congressional inquiry into the MCCCD breach

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Dissent

President Truman had a sign on his desk that said, “The buck stops here.” We could use more of that accountability when it comes to data breaches in the education sector. Back in 2006, when I first began blogging about data breaches on PogoWasRight.org, I covered a series of breaches at Ohio University. One of the things that…

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University of Nebraska – Omaha Investigating Security Breach Involving Personal Information

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Dissent

KPTM reports: School officials at UNO say they are investigating unauthorized access to an administrative server within campus security. They say an incident was discovered last week during  a security scan and that the server contained files with personal information and Social Security numbers. Police are looking into the case to see if any individuals’ personal…

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Wayne County employees information part of Paytime breach

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Dissent

Terrie Morgan-Besecker reports that employees of Wayne County, Pennsylvania have been notified of the Paytime, Inc. breach noted previously on this blog: Hackers breached Wayne County’s payroll processor, potentially gaining access to hundreds of government employees’ Social Security numbers, home addresses and bank account information. Chief Clerk Vicky Botjer confirmed the county was notified Tuesday…

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PA: Hackers breach Paytime, Inc. payroll company

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

Joshua Vaughn reports: One Midstate payroll company is working to address security issues after discovering hackers had breached its security and accessed client information. In a written statement, Paytime Inc. of Upper Allen Township said it discovered a security breach on April 30. A subsequent investigation by third-party forensic IT experts found that the intruders…

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SD: Student charged with hacking into Catholic high school’s network

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

A 17-year-old student has been charged with hacking into a high school’s computer network, causing the system to shut down, police said. The teenage boy has been charged with felony intentional damage to property after hacking into O’Gorman High School‘s computer network Thursday morning. He was arrested that afternoon, police said. Read more on Argus…

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About 50K transactions, other data, compromised in three-month breach

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

Adam Greenberg reports: Arizona-based Gingerbread Shed Corporation is notifying customers that an unauthorized individual gained access to its systems for roughly three months and may have compromised about 50,000 transactions, as well as other data. Read more on SC Magazine. In addition to California, this incident was also reported to Vermont residents.

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