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Former University of Iowa Student Appears on Computer Fraud Charges

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Dissent

DAVENPORT, Iowa – On November 2, 2017, Trevor Graves, 19, a former University of Iowa student, appeared in federal court in front of United States Magistrate Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr., on a complaint charging from March of 2015 to November of 2016, Graves exceeded authorized access, knowingly caused the transmission of a code and…

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Ca: Hacker threatens to release UFV student information if not paid ransom

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Dissent

Kelvin Gawley reports: A hacker is trying to extort a $30,000 ransom from the University of the Fraser Valley by claiming to hold students’ personal information hostage. On Monday morning, an email was sent to dozens of students containing the personal information of 29 UFV students, including their names, phone numbers, home addresses and grade…

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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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