Travis Pillow reports: Florida’s Education Commissioner is ordering a review of the state’s data security procedures after personal information for thousands of teachers-in-training was exposed on the Internet. The state Department of Education announced Saturday that personal information for about 47,000 participants in state teacher preparation programs was publicly available on the Internet for two…
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AL: Unsecured documents found at Banks Middle School
Cory McGinnis reports, “The documents are the records of former Banks Middle School students, that include addresses, phone numbers, and even social security numbers.” How many years have the documents been unsecured and exposed this way? And will anyone be notifying those whose records were so exposed?
Former UNL student federally indicted in security breach
Lori Pilger reports a former student arrested in connection with the hack at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2012 that also affected the state college system faces additional charges: Daniel Stratman, 23, already faced a criminal charge — reckless damage to a protected computer during unauthorized access — filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in December. Now he faces a dozen counts….
Former UCM student sentenced for stealing student and faculty info
Following up on the indictment of two former University of Central Missouri students for stealing faculty and student information for commercial gain, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri issued a press release today that one of the defendants has been sentenced to three years in prison plus restitution: Tammy Dickinson, United…
TX: At least one Arlington school district employee has reported unauthorized financial activity after laptop theft
Patrick M. Walker reports: School district officials said Thursday that they have heard from one employee whose financial information has been compromised since two laptops were stolen from the Arlington district’s benefits office last week. However, district spokeswoman Leslie Johnston said, it was not known whether the unauthorized activity was directly related to the theft….
Portable Device Containing Social Security Numbers & Personal Info Left in a Champlain College Computer Lab
Joe Gullo reports: Champlain College notified parents and students of a data security incident Monday morning. A press release says a portable storage device containing names, Social Security numbers, and other information provided to the college’s admissions and financial aid offices was left in a computer lab on campus. The drive was returned to Champlain…