WMAR reports: A data breach may have affected up to 1000 students at Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) officials said. The breach impacted students who attended FCPS between November 2005 and November 2006. The breached information includes names, social security numbers and birth dates. AP adds important details that the breach was brought to the school…
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Queensland U. of Technology hires IT firm to investigate claims student data was improperly accessed in 18C case
Hedley Thomas reports: An independent new probe will investigate whether unlawful privacy breaches at the Queensland University of Technology led to the personal data of students in a racial hatred case being obtained by the lawyers for their accuser during her $250,000 damages claim. QUT has asked external IT experts to examine computer and back-up…
Oregon Department of Education risked breach of private student data, audits find
Betsy Hammond reports: Two separate audits found the Oregon Department of Education didn’t do enough to ensure that its huge cache of data on more than 600,000 students remains private. Hundreds of people in school districts and in state government have access to some or all of that data. That means keeping it safe is…
NorQuest College faces tough questions from MLAs on alleged fraud and security breach
Kim Trynacity reports: During what was sometimes a testy exchange with MLAs, the president of NorQuest College fended off a wide range of questions Tuesday about an alleged fraud and massive security breach at the college between 2008 and 2012. Appearing for the first time since the public learned about the incidents in September 2016, NorQuest…
University of Vermont notifies some of stolen USB drive
The University of Vermont has been notifying some individuals that a USB drive with their information was in an employee’s purse that was stolen. The university learned of the theft on September 15, and the employee notified the police. The USB drive reportedly contained the following types of information: Completed UVM disclosure notices that had the employees’…
University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School breach disclosed
Karen Herzog reports: A database within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School that contained Social Security numbers and name pairs corresponding with 1,213 Law School applicants for 2005-’06 was hacked last month, the university announced Tuesday. The university became aware Nov. 3 that the database had been breached, and sent notices to those affected Dec. 6, offering…