If you’ve taken a math class at Purdue, your security could be at risk. Purdue University (PU) said 7,093 former students and faculty who took part in a math course could be at risk. University officials said an unauthorized person broke into their computer system on April 5, 2010, and tried to use the server…
Category: Education Sector
NCSU research info on Wilson students mistakenly put online
Data housed on a North Carolina State University computer server that contained private information for about 1,800 school children from Wilson and Richmond counties was mistakenly put online, officials said Tuesday. The data, which was gathered from 2003 to 2006 as part of a research study on classroom practices, includes names, Social Security numbers and…
HI: Missing Files From Locked Storage Prompt Alert
Catherine Cruz reports: University of Hawaii officials are warning that confidential financial information of close to 2,000 people is unaccounted for. The documents were in three file boxes kept in a secured area on the Diamond Head campus. “It’s scary because someone could be using your credit card and you wouldn’t know,” said Sepe Albert,…
UW-Milwaukee breach includes 75,000 names, Social Security numbers (updated)
A computer security breach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may have exposed the names and Social Security numbers of about 75,000 people associated with the school. The incident primarily affected current and former employees and students. The university said in a press release that it is sending letters to those who may be affected. […] University technology…
Cal Poly has data gaffe
Monica Rodriguez reports: POMONA – Cal Poly Pomona has mailed letters to 38 past and present faculty members notifying them that their personal data was accessible by people within the College of Business Administration.The letters were mailed Monday, university spokesman Tim Lynch said. Instruction and Information Technology personnel have determined the data – names and…
Update: UNC-Chapel Hill Police arrest suspect in theft of student records
There’s been an arrest in the case of the recent break in at a University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill office where 30 students’ records held by the Honor Court were stolen. NewsObserver.com reports: Garrett Lee Haywood, 22, of Chapel Hill, was arrested today on charges of breaking-and-entering, larceny and possession of stolen goods. Haywood was…