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SG: Nanyang Polytechnic alumni database breached, bank details stolen

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Dissent

Channel NewsAsia reports: The database system for Nanyang Polytechnic‘s (NYP) former students was compromised, and bank details were stolen, according to the school. About 240 former students, mostly from its 1994 to 1999 batches, were affected by the breach, and NYP issued a letter to inform them of the incident on Feb 5. The hacker…

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GA: Shorter U. students claim to be victims of identity theft

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Dissent

There may be a follow-up to a breach involving theft of student records noted on this site in November 2014. Jeremy Stewart reports: The September 2014 theft of student files from Shorter University could be the source of problems for two Rome women who say they are the victims of fraudulent tax returns. Whitney Chanelle Ringer,…

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Email gaffe exposes 347 Utah State University students’ Social Security numbers

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Dissent

HJNews reports: A Utah State University staff member accidentally sent an email message Thursday containing 347 individual names and Social Security numbers to a group of USU student veterans, the university revealed Friday. Read more on HJNews. The full statement from the university, linked from their home page yesterday, reads: Accidental security breach affects 347…

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Dear EDUCAUSE Security Maillist – some advice from Abdilo

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Dissent

When someone who’s either hacked your databases or is likely to hack them in the future tells you how to prevent his type of attacks, you might want to pay some attention. Seen on Pastebin, as posted by Abdilo: Dear EDUCAUSE Security Mail-list, ( Good luck profiling me <3 ) How to stop me from…

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D.C. Public Schools Website Exposed Confidential Info About Students With Disabilities

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Dissent

John Templon reports: Like many institutions, the Office of Data and Accountability for Washington D.C.’s public schools uses an “intranet” for sharing confidential documents. Unlike most intranets, theirs was unintentionally public. […] Hundreds of documents were hosted on the intranet, some providing an unfiltered look into the inner workings of the city’s public school system,…

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And then I stumbled across these hacks by Zyklon

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Dissent

Seen on Pastebin, dated January 15: Hacked By Zyklon #Wonkasec WonkaSec Temp Homepage: http://trippletoaster.freeiz.com/Index%285%29.html  Twitter: http://twitter.com/zyclonb4u Website Hacked: http://soviethistory.macalester.edu                 Very small portion of the accounts, the other 90,000+ will be posted here: http://trippletoaster.freeiz.com/DbDump.php The accounts with .edu emails are most likely professors, if you are in college…

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