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Personal information of 160 students exposed for three weeks on Temple website

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Dissent

Kelly Brennan reports: The personal information of 160 Temple University students was exposed after an employee accidentally uploaded a document containing information like dates of birth, cell phone numbers and passport information to a public university website. An employee in Temple’s Risk Management office uploaded the document to the Temple University Travel Registry Site on…

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Australian Catholic University suffers data breach impacting the personal details of its staff

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Dissent

Cyware reports: The Australian Catholic University has suffered a fresh wave of cyberattack that resulted in the compromise of personal details of its staff. This is the second significant security breach that has occurred in a month at one of the country’s tertiary institutions. Read more on Cyware.

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Three U.S. Universities Disclose Data Breaches Over Two-Day Span

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: Three U.S. universities have disclosed data breach incidents impacting personally identifiable information of students or employees following unauthorized access to some of their employees’ email accounts. All three universities — Graceland University, Oregon State University, and Missouri Southern State University — have notified the individuals whose personal information was potentially stolen or…

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TX: Edcouch hit by ransomware

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Dissent

Joanna Guzman reports: A hacker gains access to the city of Edcouch and threatens to erase all the city’s information if officials did not deposit $40,000 in Bitcoins; a form of electronic cash. Information from the water department and city finances were compromised in the attack. The city manager says this comes just after the…

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FL: ‘Triple Threat’ Ransomware Attack Cripples Email Systems and Services of Lake City

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Dissent

Cyware reports: The Lake City Police Department is investigating a ransomware attack on their city network systems that resulted in the shutdown of several emergency services. The ransomware used in the attack has been detected as ‘Triple Threat’. What happened? In a breach notification, the Lake City police have revealed that the attack occurred on…

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KY: Hopkins County school system dealing with data breach

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Dissent

Rachel Smith reports: Parents of Hopkins County schoolchildren were greeted with a message from the school board Thursday morning alerting them of a data security breach. Because of a school board staff member’s password-protected account being compromised, a currently unidentified user had access to a countywide database, which contains the names, dates of birth and…

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