Adam Tamburin reports: The school system is set to spend $167,000 so far to respond to a security breach that resulted in the release of Social Security numbers belonging to past and present students and employees. That money has been split between $87,000 for software and hardware and $80,000 for experts’ analysis of the breached…
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Old law puts school data at risk
Susan Palmer reports: An obscure state regulation — one that requires districts to keep student records for decades — is one reason several thousand Eugene School District students are at risk of having their Social Security numbers hijacked following a security breach of the district’s electronic records. School districts must retain student records for 75…
PA: Security breach exposes student data
Jason A. Kahl reports: The personal information of all students in the Fleetwood School District was stolen and posted online, district officials and Fleetwood police said Wednesday. The security breach was discovered by parents of students in the district who notified school officials Tuesday. The school contacted borough police and the website, Wikispaces, where it…
OR: Eugene School District 4J reports breach
From the district’s web site: An unknown person has accessed confidential files that contained students’ and some former students’ personal identity information, including names, addresses and some Social Security numbers. What Happened and When? The investigation of how the breach occurred is ongoing, but at this time we suspect that the person used a district…
UNF housing server data breach may affect 23,246 individuals
First Coast News reports: University of North Florida students who submitted housing contracts from 1997 to spring 2011 may be vulnerable to a data breach, according to a release on the school’s website. The names and social security numbers of 23,246 individuals are among the vulnerable information. Servers have been secured, but this information may…
University of Virginia gaffe exposes student applications with Social Security Numbers
Ted Strong reports: Roughly 300 transcripts, some containing complete Social Security numbers, were accessible through a University of Virginia website on Tuesday morning due to an as-yet unspecified human error, university officials have confirmed. The incident came to light when a student conducting a Google search for an image of himself found his transcript online….