WSOC-TV reports that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ officials were notified after residents found documents with Mallard Creek High School students’ names, addresses and other personal information blowing in the wind. The district acknowledges the information should have been shredded. Officials said a contractor hauling away the trash didn’t properly secure it, which caused some documents to spill…
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NY: Niskayuna school laptop stolen, 945 students’ personal information on device
The personal information of 945 students, both past, and present, was compromised as a result of a thief stealing the laptop of a Niskayuna school psychologist. The school psychologist had been on vacation in Virginia over the school’s spring break period and their car was broken into and the laptop was taken. The window of…
Blackburn High School families’ details illegally downloaded in targeted attack
Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school, which saw the personal information of families, including their phone numbers, addresses and Medicare details, published online. It’s believed a number of parents at Blackburn High School also provided their credit card details to scammers, after a phishing email masquerading as a…
1.5 million students’ data leaked online, put up for sale for up to Rs60,000
Rozelle Laha reports: Phone numbers, email ID and addresses of at least 1.5 million students are available for a price, although it isn’t clear how this happened. For between Rs1,000 and Rs60,000 it is possible to get information on at least 1.5 million students who appeared for examinations of several types since 2009. Read more on…
School district reports breach due to caching problem with HomeLink
We don’t see breach notifications from k-12 districts that often, but here’s one submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office from the Mt. Diablo Unified School District: On April 27, 2017, when parents tried to access their student’s data through the HomeLink Portal, they were able to view information, as described below, of a student…
TN: Williamson County Schools warns parents of security breach in student/teacher software
A follow-up on a breach previously noted on this site. I imagine we’ll see a number of these from school districts in the weeks and months to come. Williamson County Schools sent a message to parents Friday warning about a security breach of it’s (sic) Edmodo system putting student and parent information at risk. The…