Adam Brandolph reports that a breach involving University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees is bigger than initially reported: As many as 322 UPMC employees — 300 more than initially reported — have been affected by a data breach and identity theft scheme, the hospital system said on Thursday. Authorities said the breach allowed someone…
Category: Education Sector
NZ: Wintec shuts web site after security breach
Libby Wilson reports: She wanted to apply for a parking permit – instead Wintec student Bronwyn Fleet got the details of people who already had. The second-year student visited the application site in the student portal in January and was astounded when a list including names, contact numbers and car registration numbers appeared on the…
North Dakota University System server breach; data access not evident but possible (updated)
Update of March 27: North Dakota University System official: hackers did not gain access to files with personal information. Original story: North Dakota University System issued the following statement today: Core Technology Services, the information technology arm of the North Dakota University System, has discovered and shut down suspicious access to one of the university…
PA: Point Park University notifies employees of possible data breach
Justine Coyne reports employees at a Pittsburgh university are being notified after a package containing payroll reports from the university’s payroll vendor, Ceridian, arrived with the reports missing from the package: Point Park University on Wednesday alerted employees to a potential data breach involving names, home addresses, Social Security numbers and other information. The potential…
Costs continue to mount in MCCCD breach
While I continue to wade through materials sent to this site concerning the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) breach, Mary Beth Faller has an update on the costs of the breach: The cost to deal with the breach in the computer system at the Maricopa County Community College District could total $17.1 million, with most…
Tyler Junior College data leak exposed housing applicants’ Social Security numbers and dates of birth
I’ve occasionally commented that consumers shouldn’t have to go to the media to get a breach or data leak addressed. Neither should students, but that’s what happened this week to Kierra Perry. Perry applied to Tyler Junior College in Texas. As part of the process, she also applied for housing and completed the background check…