After a period of relative quiet, it appears that the hacker known as “JM511” is back and busy. According to some tweets last night, the University of Illinois has been hacked via SQL injection: What’s happening? #JM511 I got #SqL_injection#blind On: ? http://t.co/qeD2Z3o8HN I’m Ur #nightmare @Illinois_Alma pic.twitter.com/wtIVjSzlt8 — JM511 Hacker☠ (@JM511) May 5, 2015 A screencap from the…
Category: Education Sector
Missouri high school student arrested on suspicion of hacking into school network
Heather Hourigan reports that a Fulton High School student has been arrested after hacking into the school’s computer system. The attack, allegedly by Austin Singleton, caused the network to go down for several hours, although personal information was reportedly not affected. Read more on ABC and KOMU. While the news stories focus on the student’s arrest, there’s…
NY: Two teens charged with felony tampering of school records
Two New York high school students enrolled at Madrid-Waddington Central School are facing third degree felony charges of computer tampering for allegedly accessing school district computers and changing records. Fox10 reports that the two youth, who have been identified as Mathew Hayes and Nicholas Ladoceour, allegedly accessed attendance, disciplinary, and grade records via the school’s intranet. According to…
UC Berkeley announces another data breach
Their announcement: UC Berkeley officials announced today (Thursday, April 30) that they are sending alert notices to current students and other individuals regarding a computer data breach that may have resulted in unauthorized access to their Social Security numbers or other personal information. There is no evidence that such information has actually been used, but…
Technical College of the Lowcountry notifies students whose SSN were exposed online by third party
On April 27, the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort, South Carolina, disclosed a breach involving high school students who had enrolled in a program they offered. Here is their first statement: On Thursday, April 23, 2015, the Technical College of the Lowcountry was notified of a possible data security incident involving the online publication…
UK: University of Birmingham exam cheat jailed after hacking computers to boost marks
Ross McCarthy reports: A cheating student who hacked into the University of Birmingham’s computer system so he could get a better degree has been jailed for four months. Imran Uddin, 25, used a keyboard spying device to steal staff passwords and then upped five exam marks, including one from 57 per cent to 73 per cent. Read…