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…
Category: Education Sector
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….
CA: Viruses stole City College of San Francisco data for over a decade before being detected
Nanette Asimov reports: Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called “an infestation” of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned. At work…
CA: School Accidentally Throws Out Books and Student Information
Ugh. Dozens of federally-funded books and documents containing families’ personal information were thrown in a dumpster at a elementary school and have been cleared out by school officials. […] There were also boxes filled with personal documents, including applications for free and reduced price meals containing financial information. “Documents that should have been shredded but…
Ca: Computers with personal info stolen from Waterloo Region District School Board (Corrected)
I wasn’t even going to mention this breach on this blog. I originally intended to just add it to DataLossDB, but when I read it, I was somewhat put off by the school board’s actions and statements so I decided to comment on it here. Jeff Hicks reports: Nine computers stolen from the Waterloo Region…