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Data for 685 Fairfax students mistakenly posted online

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Dissent

T. Rees Shapiro reports that Fairfax County School District has had yet another breach involving student data: Personal information for hundreds of Fairfax County public school students was mistakenly posted on the school system’s Web site, exposing their school identification numbers, birth dates, home addresses and phone numbers in what parents described as a breach…

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11 high school students disciplined for keylogging teachers’ computers

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Dissent

Cyrus Farivar has the update to the case of students involving in hacking  to change grades at Corona del Mar High School: A hacking scandal involving keyloggers and electronic grade-changing at a high school in Newport Beach, a well-to-do area of Southern California, has resulted in the expulsion of 11 students. TheOrange County Register reported Wednesday that six…

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CA: Parents: Hacking in school reaches beyond 11 facing expulsion

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Dissent

Lauren Steussy and Melody Petersen have an update to a breach previously reported on this blog: Parents of some of the students accused of cheating at Corona del Mar High School are questioning why their children have been targeted for expulsion, arguing the scope of the scandal spans far more widely. In letters sent recently to…

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UK: Wymondham College apologizes over pupils’ data breach

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Dissent

BBC reports: A school has apologised for a data breach in which personal information about students was sent to their teenage classmates. Sixth-form pupils at Wymondham College, Norfolk, were mistakenly sent a link to a spreadsheet intended for teachers. It included data on whether pupils had special educational needs, whether they were “looked-after” children and…

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MI: Police Investigating MSU Bookstore Credit Card Fraud

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Dissent

If you bought any Spartan gear at the Spartan bookstore around Christmas, you’ll want to check your bank statements. Michigan State University police are investigating a credit card fraud that occurred on December 17. Two people contacted the store to buy Rose Bowl gear and they noticed discrepancies in their order. When the two victims…

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Crime victims’ and witnesses’ sensitive information on devices stolen from researcher’s university office

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Dissent

Brian Bakst of AP reports: A University of Minnesota law professor has apologized to violent crime victims and witnesses after a computer with sensitive information of nearly 300 people was stolen from his office, but he said Friday that there’s no indication the thief has accessed the data. Criminologist Barry Feld, a prominent juvenile justice…

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