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CT AG looking into UConn breach, demands credit monitoring services

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Dissent

It looks like Connecticut’s new Attorney General, George Jepsen, intends to pursue data breaches like his predecessor. According to Hartford Business Times, Jepsen has sent a letter to UConn requesting additional information on the breach and he “has also has insisted UConn provide its customers with identify theft and other credit protections.”

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Securing data will be costly, UH says

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Dissent

Gene Park reports: The University of Hawaii says it needs $1.9 million to tighten its Web security and lessen the chance of future data breaches of individual privacy. In addition, the 10-campus system would need about $764,000 a year to maintain and operate the upgraded system, said David Lassner, the university’s vice president for information…

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(follow-up) UMS beefs up data security after breach

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Judy Harrison of Bangor Daily News reports that following a breach last summer at the University of Maine, the uni is investing $2.6 million to upgrade security. Trustees were briefed Monday on a proposal to improve the security of data. A recent data scan systemwide showed four areas of high risk and three of medium…

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UConn Customer Database Hacked (updated)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Bob Connors reports: UConn is warning thousands of customers who bought items on it’s HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com website that their personal information may have been exposed in a data security breach. A hacker obtained access to the HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com database containing billing information for 18,000 customers. The website is used by people to buy sports gear from…

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Ca: Boy hacked into Catholic school board’s computer

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Another Canadian school has been caught with its security pants down, it seems, after some security protections were not reactivated following a server upgrade. Kennedy Gordon reports: The Catholic school board took action after learning a young hacker had accessed confidential records — action due in part to the boy’s parents. John Mackle, education director…

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Stolen Tulane laptop had W-2 info, S.S. numbers of each employee

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Dissent

A Tulane University-owned laptop was stolen last year that had a file containing private information of each person employed at the university in the past year, according to school officials. The computer had W-2 information, names, Social Security numbers, address and salary for every employee, including student and part-time employees and anyone who will receive…

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