NST reports: IT has happened again. This time at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) where records of just over a million students have been leaked. Is it an inside job? Hard to tell, but UiTM is probing. UiTM sources contacted by the New Straits Times say it may just be put together from multiple sources by…
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MY: Over 1 Million UiTM Students and Alumni Personal Details Leaked Online
Vijandren reports: A total of 1,164,540 records, belonging to students who enrolled for various courses at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) between 2000 and 2018 has been breached and leaked online. The leaked data includes detailed records of students from the UiTM main campus in Shah Alam, as well as it’s 13 autonomous state campuses around the…
GA: Mount Zion student pleads not guilty to computer hacking to avoid homework
Tony Reid reports the update to a story previously noted on this site: A Mount Zion High School student is pleading not guilty to three charges of tampering with computers after police said he shut down his school district’s computer network while trying to sabotage a homework assignment. Gage C. Hart, 18, appeared in Macon…
UK: Theology lecturer breaches confidentiality in mass email
Melissa Tutesigensi reports: A private email containing sensitive information about a student was sent to all Theology undergraduates this morning. The discussion about a student’s mental health and attendance was accidentally forwarded to several hundred students. The student was explicitly named in the email and specific details about their university life were highlighted. In the…
Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security
Katelyn Sweeney reports: As data becomes integral to K–12 education, administrators face new challenges to ensure they keep students’ information safe. Analysis of student data allows educators to identify at-risk students and implement further research into what does and does not work in the classroom. This data can also be used to create student profiles,…
Ca: Laurentian student who tried to help university by hacking computer system pleads guilty in court
Erik White reports: Nearly two years after the Friday night when he decided to test out the computer system at Laurentian University, Spencer Brydges pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Sudbury courtroom. Back in 2017, the comptuer science student was surprised that he could access the personal information of professors and other students. Brydges then reported…