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IE: Data breach from University of Limerick student village

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

Cillian Walsh reports: The bank account details and PPSN numbers of over 350 residents at the University of Limerick’s Kilmurry Student Village were leaked to the public earlier this month. On the evening of Friday, February 6, an email with an attachment containing the bank account details, including Sort Codes, BIC numbers and IBAN numbers,…

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TX: Socorro Independent School District student charged with breach of the district’s computer system

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Ashleigh Rodriguez reports: The Socorro Independent School District spent $8,000 this weekend, cleaning up a number of Eastlake High computers. A student downloaded malware, or a malicious program to the school’s computer system. […] After spending the weekend checking 1,000 computers, they found out he had only infected 16. Reyna said he was attempting to…

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Georgia Tech student hacks Georgia’s computers, gets pretrial diversion

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Tom Fornelli reports that the student who hacked into the U. of Georgia system to rib them over a football rivalry has escaped what could have been 15 years in prison for a felony: Ryan Gregory Pickren, a 21-year old student at Georgia Tech, had some fun at Georgia’s expense before the two teams played in…

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NY: Teen accused of hacking high school, improving grades (updated)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Frank Rosario, Erin Calabrese and Natalie O’Neill report: A tech-savvy Staten Island high-school student who studied advanced computer programming at an NYU camp used his skills to hack into a secure computer system and improve his scores, sources told The Post Thursday. Eric Walstrom, 16, a junior at New Dorp HS, made it past a…

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No longer gagged by law enforcement stay, Kaplan University begins notifying students of breach (updated)

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Dissent

On June 4, 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigative Division notified Kaplan University (KU) that a former KU employee had stolen some students’ information, but placed a stay on notifying the affected students because of the criminal investigation. That stay was lifted this month, and KU began notifying affected students…

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NC: Lost thumb drive had personal info of 5,300 former Pitt Community College students

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Dissent

WITN reports: Thousands of former Pitt Community College students could have their personal information at risk after the college says a computer thumb drive was lost. PCC says some 5,300 full names, social security numbers, and addresses of the former students were on the drive that was lost January 21st.. Rick Owens, vice president of…

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