The University of California – Santa Barbara has sent out an update to a breach alert it sent out in July after some employees reported possible check fraud involving their personal checking accounts. In a letter posted on the California Attorney General’s website today, Jim Corkill, Director of Business and Financial Services writes: Our investigation recently…
Category: Education Sector
Miami-Dade County school board moves to block student ID theft
Christina Veiga reports: With identity theft on the rise, the Miami-Dade School Board on Wednesday moved to strengthen its protection of students’ personal information. Board members unanimously agreed to direct the school district’s police and technology departments to craft ways to safeguard Social Security numbers and other sensitive student records. The proposal came from board…
GA: Identity Thieves Sentenced To Federal Prison
Maario Coleman and Angela Russell have been sentenced for stealing the identities of Emory University and University of Georgia students in order to apply for student loans. “Just as these law and medical students were graduating to embark on their careers, they found themselves victims of identity theft,” said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates….
Data breach at University of West Florida
The University of West Florida announced Thursday morning that passwords and usernames for about 160 people may have been compromised in an data breach of the university’s main campus networks, a news release from UWF said. University officials believe that some individuals attacked the network to intercept UWF ArgoNet usernames and passwords for approximately 90…
Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving Miami-Dade County Public School Students’ Identity Info
Donald Claude, 34, of Miramar, pled guilty yesterday to one count of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). Sentencing is scheduled for October 24, 2014. At sentencing, Claude faces up to 20 years…
Seattle University reports second breach involving folder permissions
Remember that April breach report from Seattle University involving incorrectly set permissions in some folders in the university’s Microsoft Exchange folder system? Well, it turns out that wasn’t their only problem with folder permissions. On July 17, Seattle University’s external counsel notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that on May 25, the university became aware…