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Data breach at University of West Florida

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Dissent

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…

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Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving Miami-Dade County Public School Students’ Identity Info

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Dissent

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…

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Seattle University reports second breach involving folder permissions

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Dissent

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…

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Former University of Nebraska student sentenced for computer fraud

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Dissent

Ryan Murphy reports that a former University of Nebraska-Lincoln student who pleaded guilty to large security breach in 2012 affecting the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State College System has been sentenced to prison: 23-year-old Daniel Stratman of Omaha received 6 months in prison on one count of Fraud and Related Activity in Connection…

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Board OKs pact to protect U. Maryland security breach victims

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Dissent

Michael Dresser reports: The state Board of Public Works approved a contract worth an estimated $2.6 million Wednesday for a firm to monitor the credit activity of an estimated 300,000 people whose personal information was exposed as a result of a computer security breach discovered at the University of Maryland early this year. The board…

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MCCCD fires IT manager who warned of security breach

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Dissent

The Maricopa Administration is accusing me of not doing a job that wasn’t mine to do, being responsible for systems that I wasn’t responsible for, knowing about a security document that was never shared with me, not communicating upwards when I repeatedly did so, not protecting Maricopa data when the data that was stolen was…

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