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TX: Parents Of 60 Local Students Advised Of Possible Security Breach

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Dissent

Eli Ross provides a small update to a breach reported last month when student records of some students at Ellison High School were found blowing across a field: The Killeen Independent School District said Tuesday that it sent home 58 letters to parents of students warning of a security breach involving personal information including Social…

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Medical office assistants charged criminally under HIPAA for their part in ID theft ring

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Dissent

A March 15, 2011 indictment of twelve defendants charged for their parts in an identity theft and bank fraud scheme has been unsealed. Two of the defendants, who worked for HIPAA-covered entities in Florida, and have also been charged with HIPAA violations. According to the indictment,  Erica Hall was employed by Dr. Linda Green in Coral…

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(update) More Student SSNs Were At Risk, TEA Says

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dissent

Morgan Smith reports that a breach involving the Texas Education Agency was much worse than originally reported. Last month, the TEA reported that an unencrypted disk containing data on almost 25,000 Laredo Independent School District students had gone missing. But when the Texas Tribune obtained records about the breach, they discovered that there were data…

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UK: Godalming College email gaffe exposes students medical details

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dissent

A Surrey college has apologised after accidentally e-mailing the private medical details of more than 300 students to an entire year group. The list, meant for Godalming College teachers, names one student with a brain tumour and another with anorexia. Staff tried to recall the message and then asked its lower sixth year group to…

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WA: Wenatchee Valley College notifies former students of data breach

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

Rachel Schleif reports on another breach that occurred in the context of responding to a public records request: Wenatchee Valley College accidentally released Social Security numbers of students who attended classes there 10 years ago. The college sent letters of apology to more than 3,800 former students Monday, and urged them to place fraud alerts…

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(update) More EMU Students May Have Had IDs Stolen In Data Breach

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

CBS Detroit alerts us to an update on the Eastern Michigan University breach reported earlier this month. From EMU’s web site, an updated post today: March 31, 2011: to EMU Students: Students: Please Read This Message And Contact Us (734-487-1357) If You Believe You May Have Been a Victim of the Fraud Described Below. We…

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