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University of Alaska: thousands affected by data breach, including names, social security numbers

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Dissent

KTUU reports: Approximately 25,000 students, staff, and faculty members associated with the University of Alaska were affected following a successful phishing scam and subsequent data breach late last year. The University of Alaska sent out letters to those people who had their names and accompanying social security numbers exposed to “an individual or individuals unknown…

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AU: Camberwell High School becomes second target of major privacy breach in two weeks

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Dissent

Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a second major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school which saw the personal information of families illegally accessed by a student. The breach at Camberwell High School follows a similar but unrelated incident at Blackburn High School two weeks ago where the personal information of families was illegally…

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Mallard Creek High School students’ records found blowing across streets

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Dissent

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

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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Blackburn High School families’ details illegally downloaded in targeted attack

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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1.5 million students’ data leaked online, put up for sale for up to Rs60,000

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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