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NCSU warns thousands of students of computer breach

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Dissent

Richard Stradling reports: [North Carolina] 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…

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CA: University of Regina launches investigation after computers with personal information hacked

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Dissent

Brandon Gonez reports: The University of Regina (U of R) has launched an investigation after a privacy breach. Three personal computers from various faculties were hacked last week in two separate cyber attacks. According to the U of R, names, student and employee numbers, as well as social insurance numbers, may have been accessed. “There…

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JP: Teen faces charges over breach of online school grades management system

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Dissent

Kyodo News reports: A second arrest warrant was served on a 17-year-old boy Monday over the theft of some 210,000 digital files containing the grades of students in Saga Prefecture schools, police said. The boy, a resident of the city of Saga, is suspected of accessing an online system used by the prefecture’s public junior…

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UK: John Moores University employee data leaked to former employee

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Dissent

Martin Thomas reports that someone at John Moores University goofed and emailed information on current employees to a former employee. The information was that contained in P60 forms, which from looking at a few samples online, appear to be similar to our W-2 statements in that they contain the employee’s name and address, the wages…

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Hack exposes 1,500 University of Cambridge student and employee passwords

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

Patrick Howell O’Neill reports: Hackers successfully hit the University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Schools Classics Project website this week, exposing the email addresses and cleartext passwords of over 1,500 students and employees. The contents of the breach were released freely online earlier this week. On Thursday, a University of Cambridge spokesperson confirmed the incident to the Daily Dot….

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Palm Beach County Resident Pleads Guilty in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy Involving Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dissent

A Palm Beach County resident pled guilty for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud conspiracy involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Oniel Winston Scarlett, 28, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to retain and conceal monies stolen from the United States, and to commit identity…

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