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Category: Education Sector

Yeah, that explains it

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Dissent

“It’s just sort of the vagaries of the system (on) how it got corrupted” —  a statement by  the secretary for Catholic education at the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese, on the catastrophic failures affecting computer servers in July that have delayed school opening at one high school.  

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Africa: Kenyan Universities Top List of Hackers in Africa – Report

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Dissent

Stephen Letoo reports: Kenyatta University and JKUAT are among Kenyan universities topping a list of hackers in Africa, says a report by Cyberoam. The report placed Kenya among African countries leading in cyber attacks, after Egypt, Morocco and South Africa. “Hacktivists” tamper with school systems to adjust grades and fee balances, says the report released…

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80 University of South Alabama scholarship students’ personal info leaked

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Dissent

Cassie Fambro reports: The University of South Alabama has corrected an issue that resulted in 80 scholarship students’ personal information leaking on the Internet, according to USA spokesman Bob Lowry. “Personal information contained on the applications included each scholarship applicant’s name, address, phone number, date of birth, names of parents, high school grades and transcripts….

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Universities and colleges: you’ve been warned

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Dissent

Every day, I see reports of SQLi vulnerabilities or cross-scripting vulnerabilities for university/college sites, and I wonder, “How many students and employees have personal information at risk because of this?” Consider this tweet from a self-described black hat hacker, @JM511: @amzh702 I’m tryin to fucked up any college or ESL or university as much as…

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Former Assistant Band Director for Broward County School District Pled Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Former Students’ Info

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a case first reported in May. A former assistant band director pled guilty for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving former Broward County students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Delvis Demaine Rogers, 27, of Hollywood, Florida, pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen…

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TX: IRS employee loses flash drive with 11,000 Katy Independent School District employees’ SSN

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dissent

Sofia Ojeda reports: More than 11,000 workers’ personal information, including birth dates, addresses, and Social Security numbers were potentially leaked during a random IRS audit. […] In an email to Katy ISD employees obtained by KPRC 2, Katy ISD Superintendent Alton Frailey explained the security breach. He said that Wednesday, the IRS conducted a random…

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