And so it begins… A potential class-action lawsuit against Shorter University has been filed by a former student who became a victim of identity theft/tax refund fraud following the theft of records last year. Reports of identity theft related to tax refund fraud started emerging in February, and as of last week, there were over 30 reports….
Category: Education Sector
GA: More Victims Come Forward in Shorter University Identity Theft (updated)
Coosa Valley News reports: Rome police have now said that over 30 victims have been reported from an identity theft at Shorter University. Reports said that the people had their medical records stolen and have now used their information to file fraudulent tax returns. Police sad that two files medical records belonging to student athletes…
UMaine professor whose laptop was stolen violated university’s data policy
Noel K. Gallagher provides additional details on a U. of Maine breach reported earlier this week: A University of Maine physics professor who compromised the personal information of more than 600 current and former students when his laptop was stolen violated a university policy that prohibits professors and other employees from having students’ Social Security…
UMaine probing data breach affecting more than 900
Dawn Gagnon reports: A data breach discovered last week has exposed the personal information of more than 900 current and former University of Maine students, the university announced Wednesday. UMaine spokeswoman Margaret Nagle said the information was on a laptop computer and the media card used by a faculty member who discovered the laptop was…
Now about those background checks…?
So your organization contracts with a firm that conducts background checks on your hires, and you require your contractors and subcontractors to conduct background checks on their employees. You’ve got your bases covered, right? What could possibly go wrong?
Update: U. of Sydney hack was by Abdilo; Dozens of others attacked, too
Earlier today, I posted a breach involving the University of Sydney. As an update, DataBreaches.net can now report that the breach was the work of Abdilo, who has made a point of going after universities (as other posts on this site have demonstrated). Abdilo had dropped hints about an Orsee 0day previously. Today, however, he made it clear that this…