North Dakota State College of Science Information Technology Services department has been alerted to malware activity on a number of NDSCS-owned computers in Wahpeton and Fargo and has taken immediate steps to ramp up security on its systems. Personal information such as names, Social Security numbers and mailing addresses of more than 15,000 current and…
Category: Education Sector
VA: Richmond school officials investigate security breach involving student files
Zachary Reid reports: Richmond school officials are conducting an intensive internal investigation of student records after a School Board member shared confidential information about at least 20 students with a vendor that provides mental health services. Tichi L. Pinkney Eppes, of the 9th District, publicly apologized a day after her colleagues were told about the…
Purdue Calumet possibly hacked
Carmen McCollum reports: A student data system at Purdue University Calumet may have been hacked. Purdue Calumet spokesman Wes Lukoshus said the university received information Tuesday night that one of its information systems that includes student information was vulnerable. It was someone from the West Lafayette campus who identified the vulnerability of one of Purdue…
Provo City School District suffers data breach
Barbara Christiansen reports: Employees of the Provo City School District may have an extra concern facing them as the district has discovered a data breach. There was a phishing attack and someone gained access to an employee’s email account. That account contained files with sensitive, personal identification information for about half of the district’s employees….
Former Weber State U. student pleads guilty in computer security breach
An update to a previously noted breach. Michael Anderson Kruse reports: Former Weber State University student Joseph Langford pleaded guilty to burglary on Tuesday morning. The Weber County attorneys charged Langford in connection with a theft and security breach in the WSU College of Science in April. Judge Scott Hadley set the sentencing date for…
IL: Students’ personal info compromised when teacher’s backpack stolen in suburbs
WGN reports: A teacher’s backpack at an elementary school in suburban Hoffman Estates was stolen last week and one of the items now missing contains personal information about all the students and more. The pack, known as a “crisis backpack,” has won awards and was developed by the Hoffman Estates Fire Dept to use in…