I periodically post audits from the NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office pertaining to data protection. A recently released audit of SUNY-Albany reminds us that we need to continue to be concerned about inadequately wiped devices or drives that are to be surplussed. The audit period covered January – May 2012, and during that time, SUNY-Albany…
Category: Education Sector
Hanoi: 200 students off school because of hacker
Two hundred primary school students in Hanoi had a day off from school after a programmer hacked into the school’s messaging system to send a false notification to parents that students should take the day off. The programmer worked for a company that competes with the Ha Dinh school’s software provider and reportedly did it…
8News Investigates: Schools Release Student’s Personal Info
Parents of children at Hopkins Road and Salem Church Road Elementary Schools say their kids came home with sensitive data belonging to other students and they now want to know who has access to their kid’s private data. An 8News investigation found 130 students at the two schools brought home information forms filled with personal…
Hacker pleads guilty to charges he sold “magic passwords” to sensitive networks
Dan Goodin reports: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a scheme to hack in to sensitive computer networks operated by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and other sensitive organizations and then sell “magic passwords” providing backdoor access to others. Andrew James Miller, 23, of Devon, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count of…
OH: Personal documents found in desk could put former Talawanda High School students at risk
Bob Ratterman reports: Talawanda School District officials are offering a year of credit protection to former Talawanda High School students whose personal information may have been left in a desk sold at auction Aug. 3. A person who purchased a desk at the sale notified the district that it contained student information, including emergency medical…
UK: Uni in Data Protection Breach
Jo Barrows reports on an e-mail gaffe involving University of York: The Department of Admissions have been left red-faced after circulating an email containing private details of a postgraduate application to every student on the applicant’s course. The email included a forwarded message from the applicant who was appealing against her rejection from a Masters…