Emily Baker reports: The University of Canberra has accidentally sent some staff the personal details of every employee, including their birth date, classification, average hours and salary. Vice-chancellor Deep Saini said an “administrative error” led to 24 employees receiving the email with searchable data on all their colleagues attached. Read more on Canberra Times.
Category: Education Sector
Teesside University urges hundreds of students and staff to reset passwords following security concern
Dave Robson reports: Students at Teesside University have been warned about a possible email security breach. Hundreds of students were contacted over the weekend and urged to reset their university password. But the university says it was purely a precautionary measure after it became aware of a “wider security concern completely unrelated to our data…
UK: Hackers break into schools’ CCTV system and stream footage of pupils live on the internet
James Tozer reports: Happily chatting and walking between lessons, these children are being watched by school spy cameras designed for their protection. Now it has emerged that the images can be viewed by anyone after the CCTV systems were hacked and put online. A disturbing website, which boasts ‘Watch live surveillance cameras in the UK’,…
EDUCAUSE Challenges the US DOE’s Guidance on Data Breach Reporting
Kathleen Dion of Robinson & Cole writes: On January 30, 2018, EDUCAUSE, a higher education technology association, submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Education describing concerns that it had with the Federal Student Aid (“FSA”) ability to protect federal student financial aid data. EDUCAUSE’s members include IT professionals from over 1,800 colleges and…
University of Alaska data breach affects employees, students
KTVA reports: A data breach at the University of Alaska has affected dozens of current and former employees and students according to university officials, who say action is being taken on the matter. According to a UA statement, word first reached security officials when users started reporting “an inability to access their password-protected Alaska.edu accounts.”…
Cyber criminals target Wallace employees
Blake Deshazo reports: Personal and financial information of current and former employees of Wallace Community College Selma has been accidentally leaked through a phishing scam, according to an attorney representing the school. Alex Walker, an attorney with Mullen Coughlin, a law firm that specializes in cybersecurity and data privacy, said on Feb. 5 an employee…