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AZ Board of Education discloses FERPA incident, sends veiled threat to recipient of disclosed material?

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Dissent

The Arizona State Board of Education has notified parents on a breach: Whoops: The State Board of Education says it “inadvertently” released student information when it released records on A-F grading appeals. pic.twitter.com/jwHManpAbQ — Rachel Leingang (@rachelleingang) October 26, 2017 So here’s the thing: this is the state’s error in responding to a FOIA request…

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Student information leaked from Creighton University Trio program

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Dissent

Winne Dortch reports: A number of Omaha parents are now upset about a recent data breach at Creighton University. “To see all this information and as many kids as it were on this paper with all this information, I was totally out done,” Alesha Dumas said. Her daughter’s personal information was released as well. […]…

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Easy-to-get hacking device puts KU professors’ information in student’s hands

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Dissent

Mará Rose Williams: reports: A recent hack of University of Kansas professors’ personal information has faculty worried that an easily accessible hacking tool could have students tampering with private data on campuses everywhere. The KU hacker was an engineering student who used a keystroke logger to pry into professors’ computers and change all his failing…

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Poor security blamed after school surveillance images broadcast on Russian site

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Dissent

So yeah, I’d say this is pretty bad.  Cassie Williams reports: Security protocols on surveillance cameras at a Cape Breton school remain out of date, months after images of its students were unintentionally broadcast on the internet, Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner Catherine Tully says. Tully’s report on the matter found there were “inadequate passwords and insufficient…

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U.S. Education Dept. responds to TheDarkOverlord attacks with new cyber advisory

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Dissent

It’s gratifying when advocacy efforts have an impact. Last week, this blogger spent a good amount of time talking with Kathleen Styles, Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Education Department. We discussed  the  TheDarkOverlord attacks on the education sector and I had urged the Department to try to warn schools how to better protect themselves. I…

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UK: University of East Anglia not punished over data breach

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Dissent

BBC reports: A university that mistakenly emailed sensitive personal information about students to hundreds of undergraduates will face no further action. Details of health problems, family bereavements and personal issues were sent by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich to 298 students. The Information Commissioner’s Office said no regulatory action was needed. Read…

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