Garth Hilderman reports: More than 1,000 pages of campus crime reports, complete with the names, addresses and even photos of some victims, were dumped in a recycling bin at Red River College, a privacy breach the college calls “very serious.” The college has referred the matter to the provincial Ombdusman office to determine the severity…
Category: Education Sector
AR: PCSSD Employees Could Be Victims of ID Theft
Heather Crawford reports: Former and current Pulaski County Special School District employees are being urged to keep a close eye on their financial accounts. A letter from the district went out Friday informing them their confidential records, including name and social security numbers, may have been compromised. A district spokeswoman says a laptop containing the…
KS: Personal information stolen from Student Housing office
Adam Strunk reports on a breach at University of Kansas: Thieves broke into a Department of Student Housing office Wednesday night and stole documents containing personal information of current and former student housing residents, according to a Department of Student Housing email distributed Friday afternoon to those affected. The email, signed by Student Housing Director…
TX: Teacher’s aide fired, NISD makes changes after alleged ID theft
Lauren Lea reports: Northside Independent School District fired an instructional assistant charged with identity theft, and the district is now making changes within. 25-year-old Jason Miller was let go Thursday, two days after his arrest. Inside Miller’s apartment, Live Oak Police found a stack of forms used to authorize criminal background checks for district volunteers…
The College of New Jersey reports vulnerability might have exposed 12,815 student job applicants’ information
David Karas reports: Officials at The College of New Jersey this week reported an unintentional data breach in the On-Campus Student Employment System, an in-house system designed to store information about students applying for on-campus jobs. According to a notice sent to students and faculty Monday, a vulnerability in the system was identified Nov. 2…
UC Riverside Credit/Debit Card Security Breach May Have Affected 5,000; Fraudulent Charges Reported
The University of California – Riverside issued the following notice today: UC Riverside is reporting that campus cash registers at food services locations were compromised by a cyberhacker. Although the problem was discovered and repaired last week, hackers may have gained access to 5,000 individual card numbers. The campus community has been notified by email….