Some of the computer devices stolen from the University of Victoria earlier this month have been recovered, along with a repentant note from the thieves that police are finding hard to believe. A postal worker found the hard drives and other computer devices in a green garbage bag stuffed in a mailbox in the nearby…
Category: Education Sector
Univ. of Hawaii settles data breach class action
AP reports: The University of Hawaii will provide two years of credit protection services to settle a class-action lawsuit involving data breaches involving nearly 100,000 students, faculty, alumni and staff between 2009 and 2011, officials and attorneys announced Thursday. Read more on Canadian Business.
ASU shuts down online access after security breach
Anne Ryman reports: Arizona State University plans to have its online computer system back up by 7 p.m. Thursday at the latest, following a security breach that forced a shutdown. On Wednesday evening, ASU students and employees were told in a security text alert that the university’s ASURITE computer system may have been compromised and…
Ca: UVic had policies in place to secure confidential data
Kyle Slavin reports: Stolen information affecting the bank accounts of thousands of people would never have ended up in the hands of thieves if an existing policy was followed at the University of Victoria. Before assigning blame, the school wants to wait for two reviews looking into whether an employee failed to follow policy by…
Ca: Edmonton public schools blasted over memory stick loss
CBC News reports: Edmonton Public School District did not follow its own policy in the loss of memory stick containing personal information of more than 7,500 employees, says the Alberta privacy commissioner. An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found information on the USB memory stick was no protected by a…
Blackboard Bungle: 2 Lake Braddock students stole passwords, erased school data
Emma Brown reports: Two Fairfax County middle-school students used stolen passwords to wreak havoc with a school software application used countywide by thousands of teachers, students and parents, according to authorities. […] An investigation led to the two boys, who had apparently obtained the passwords of a fellow student and 17 teachers, Luftglass said….