An update to this breach: Cumberland Valley School District Friday continued to warn parents about a hacking incident after a forensic specialist concluded in a report that there is not a 100 percent guarantee that no confidential information was accessed. The information Friday stems from an incident on Aug. 21 in which district administration was…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Coursera
Jonathan Mayer writes: I’m excited to be teaching Stanford Law’s first Coursera offering this fall, on government surveillance. In preparation, I’ve been extensively poking around the platform; while I found some snazzy features, I also stumbled across a few security and privacy issues. Any teacher can dump the entire user database, including over nine million names and email addresses. If…
NY: Florida School District reports security breach after students share class schedules online
News12 reports: The Florida School District reported a student security breach Wednesday after some students posted copies of their official class schedules online. When students at the S.S. Seward Institute received their schedules over the weekend, school officials say some of them shared the schedules online. In addition to classes, the paperwork also had student…
OH: Forest Hills data security breach roils parents
Ally Marotti and Bowdeya Tweh report: The Forest Hills School District had a computer security breach earlier this month, where information on all of the district’s more than 9,000 students was accidentally sent to most district parents. District officials Friday told parents about the breach that included student identification numbers, home addresses and parent email…
Ca: Privacy breach at MUN’s School of Social Work
CBC News reports: Memorial University is dealing with a privacy breach after three desktop computers were stolen from the School of Social Work on its St. John’s campus. Communications Director Dave Sorensen said the computers were stolen from temporary offices in Coughlan College about two weeks ago. Sorenson said the university is still investigating, but it…
Ca: Privacy breach at northeast Calgary school prompts investigation (updated)
Tamara Elliott reports: An investigation has been ordered, following a major privacy breach at a Calgary school. Parent Jaret Kneller said he was shocked when he opened an e-mail sent by the new principal at George P. Vanier School in the northeast community of Winston Heights-Mountview. Instead of the introductory letter that was supposed to…