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PA: New Hope Woman Hacked Into BCCC Network, Changed Grades: Cops

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Dissent

I should have posted this one a few weeks ago, but better late than never if you care about tracking breaches in the education sector. On November 16, Kara Seymour reported: Two women, one from Yardley another from New Hope, have been arrested after police say they illegally accessed the Bucks County Community College computer…

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Tenafly High School student charged in transcript hacking

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Dissent

A senior at Tenafly High School, regarded as one of the best high schools in northern New Jersey, had a common dream: He pinned his collegiate hopes on admission to an Ivy League university. Still, the student apparently feared his transcript wouldn’t be impressive enough to make the grade. So yes, he allegedly did what he never should…

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Data security breach at Rutgers leaves the information of 1,700 students unprotected

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Dissent

Saige Francis reports: On Nov. 8 and 9, Rutgers experienced a “data security” breach that left the information of nearly 1,700 students unprotected, said Neal Buccino, a University spokesperson. This incident affected students in the Department of Computer Science and revealed information including Rutgers I.D. numbers, cumulative GPAs and Spring 2018 class schedules. Sensitive information,…

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Stanford University data glitch exposes truth about scholarships

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Dissent

Nanette Asimov reports: Stanford Business School officials are admitting that for years they have given steep price breaks to preferred applicants while claiming the scholarships were only for needy students — and say they will close a glitch that allowed public access to thousands of confidential student financial aid records. A student discovered in February…

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State Ag Dept.: East Texas school districts among those affected by ransomware

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Dissent

Meredith Shamburger reports: Several East Texas school districts have been affected by a computer security breach, with students’ personal information potentially being compromised, according to a notice from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Affected school districts include New Diana ISD, Ore City ISD, Gilmer ISD, Gladewater ISD, Harleton ISD, Harrison County Juvenile Services, Karnack ISD,…

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Dalhousie University warns 20,000 of potential information breach

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Dissent

John McPhee reports: Dalhousie University is contacting people whose private information was inadvertently put into a computer file accessible to faculty, staff and students. The university discovered the problem last March but letters informing people of the problem have been arriving just this week. Read more in The Chronicle Herald.

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