From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Oklahoma: Daniel Trenton Krueger, one of two leaders of the computer hacking group known as Team Digi7al, was sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison for hacking the U.S. Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and over 50 public and private computer systems, U.S. Attorney Danny C….
Category: Education Sector
LA: New Orleans student Social Security numbers found on auctioned-off laptops
Danielle Dreilinger reports: State officials announced Friday that the Social Security numbers, names and birthdates of 210 students were left on at least two laptops sold at auction Oct. 11. Those laptops were surplus equipment from the Future Is Now charter group sold after the organization ended its program at John McDonogh High in New…
KY: Warren County Public Schools system hacked
Daily News reports: A Warren County Public Schools student gained access to electronic files that contain personally identifiable information. WCPS released today that a student gained unauthorized access to the files that contain information like Social Security numbers of board employees and students. Administrators notified law enforcement of the breach. The Kentucky State Police are…
WI: Marquette University suffers potential data breach on grad school applications
Gitte Laasby reports: Marquette University has suffered a potential data breach because of a technical glitch that allowed anyone with Marquette login credentials access to personal information on people’s graduate school applications kept on an internal server. The accessible information includes Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, test scores and financial information, Marquette University…
Did MCCCD leadership shut their eyes to a database security assessment for plausible deniability in litigation?
A former Maricopa County Community College District employee alleges executive leadership closed their eyes to a report on their database security conducted after their massive data breach in 2013 so they would have plausible deniability in any litigation. As a result, the employee alleges, the findings were never shared with those tasked with securing MCCCD’s data assets. In November…
UK: UCL investigates ’email hack’ after mysterious ‘bello’ message from President is sent to students (UPDATED)
Robin De Peyer reports: A leading London university today launched a cyber security investigation after students received a mystery email from its President saying simply: “bello”. The account of University College London‘s Michael Arthur sent out the message to an “all students” address last night – prompting ridicule from those who received it. Dozens of…