Sean Gallagher reports on the hack of U. Maryland that got a contractor’s former employee in hot water with the FBI: David Helkowski stood waiting outside a restaurant in Towson, Maryland, fresh from a visit to the unemployment office. Recently let go from his computer consulting job after engaging in some “freelance hacking” of a…
Category: Education Sector
FL: High school student confesses to hacking school’s database to change grades
Here’s another case of a student hacking into the school’s database to change grades. This time it’s the Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami that got hacked by a student to allegedly change his grades and those of four other students. ABC News has the story, which was first reported by CBS Miami….
U. North Carolina Wilmington reports yet another security incident
From their website (h/t, idRADAR.com): Important Notice About Unauthorized Server Access – April 29, 2014 UNCW’s Information Technology Services team has discovered unauthorized access to a UNCW applications server, making it possible to access a database containing names, addresses and social security numbers of individuals employed at UNCW as of March 2014, which may include…
Class action lawsuit filed against Maricopa County Community Colleges District
A law firm that had filed notices of claim against MCCCD over its 2013 breach that exposed the information of almost 2.5 million current and former students, employees, and vendors, has now filed a class action lawsuit. On Monday, April 28, 2014, Gallagher & Kennedy filed a class action lawsuit in the Superior Court of…
Alleged ‘Anonymous’ Computer Hacker Charged with 18 Counts of Cyberstalking
A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against Fidel Salinas, 27, of Donna, adding additional attempted computer hacking charges and 18 counts of cyberstalking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. According to the criminal complaint originally filed in the case, Salinas is allegedly linked to the computer hacking group Anonymous. With the return…
Hacked Iowa State University Server Used by State Schools
Mike Anderson of McClatchy reports: The brand of servers targeted in an online security breach at Iowa State University is vulnerable to hacking attacks and is used by all three of Iowa’s state universities. ISU has 10 servers manufactured by Taiwanese hardware company Synology, five of which were subject to the attack disclosed Tuesday. The…