Leslie Reed reports an arrest in a hacking incident that affected the University of Nebraska and state college system; A former computer science and math major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln now faces a federal computer hacking charge from last spring’s breach of a key computer system serving both NU and the state college system….
Category: Education Sector
More details on the Pepperdine University breach
A spokesperson for the university sent me the following statement, dated December 7, on the recently disclosed breach involving the theft of a laptop from an employee’s car on November 10: Pepperdine University officials were notified that restricted information of current and former employees, including students, might have been compromised through a stolen University laptop…
Unencrypted laptop stolen from Pepperdine University employee’s car contained personal info on 8,300
Whitney Irick reports: President Andrew K. Benton sent an email today informing the university community that a laptop computer belonging to an authorized university employee was stolen from that individual’s car. This laptop had been used extensively in work related to the IRS, “and it contained data dating back to 2008 involving as many as…
AU: Macquarie University reportedly hacked
Macquarie University appears to have been hacked. Read the coverage on ZDNet and see a mirror of the defacement and the message.
This ‘n that, Part 2
Another cup of coffee, and here’s some of what I’m reading: Western Connecticut State University is notifying 235,000 people their records, including social security numbers and other personal information, were insecure on its computers for three years and four months. WCSU said it has found no evidence that records were inappropriately accessed. Read about it…
WI: Stanley-Boyd schools’ $150,000 payroll hacked
Chris Vetter and Chuck Rupnow report that the Stanley-Boyd school district had its payroll funds hacked/diverted. You can read about it on The Leader-Telegram, although it’s early days and they don’t seem to know yet how this happened.