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NYC students’ personal info left on street in careless breach

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Dissent

For your “Why is this still happening in 2016?” file: Just one day after New York State Education Department announced it has appointed its first Chief Privacy Officer, WABC reports: In a shocking breach of confidential information, names, addresses, even social security numbers for students and parents were found outside a Bronx school. Eyewitness News has learned…

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TW: Defense university computers hacked, ‘information secure’

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Dissent

The China Post reports: The National Defense University (NDU) Saturday confirmed that its computer system had been hacked in July but said that no classified information had been stolen. Only ordinary academic research materials had been stolen, NDU said.   Read more on The China Post.

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Former N. Bergen school employee spared prison in documents case

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Dissent

Michaelangelo Conte reports: A former North Bergen school board employee charged with taking confidential documents from the district to allegedly use them in a discrimination lawsuit will have the charges dropped when she completes a six-month term of supervised release. School board clerk Ivonne Saavedra filed her suit against the North Bergen Board of Education…

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Audit of Pittsford Central School District by NYS Comptroller

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Dissent

An audit concerning: Security of Personal, Private and Sensitive Information (PPSI) on Mobile Computing Devices and Extracurricular Cash Records and Collections Report of Examination Period Covered: July 1, 2014 – January 21, 2016 Of relevance to this site: The Pittsford Central School District (District) is governed by the Board of Education (Board), which is composed…

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UNM students, employees could be victims of ID theft

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Dissent

Sandra Ramirez reports: Ronald Murray is accused of taking personal information from a University of New Mexico database and using it to go on a nearly $90,000 spending spree. Las Cruces Police Department spokesperson Dan Trujillo said Murray bought a $27,000 Harley Davidson motorcycle, a $52,000 Jeep and nearly $4,000 in electronics from a Las…

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NCSU warns 38,000 students of computer breach

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Dissent

Richard Stradling reports: N.C. State University says it has notified 38,000 current and former students that some of their personal information may have been accessed by someone who hacked into the university’s computer system. NCSU officials say someone accessed a university email account using a “sophisticated phishing scam” and got access to a file from…

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