The Associated Press reports that the previously unidentified Penn State campus affected by a malware breach is its branch campus in Schuylkill County.
Category: Education Sector
Hacker steals $3M from Duanesburg schools
Paul Nelson reports: A computer hacker stole $3 million from the Duanesburg Central School District last month and transferred the money to overseas banks, school officials said today. The thefts occurred between Dec. 18 and Dec. 21. The district’s bank, NBT Bank, noticed the questionable money transfers on Dec. 22 and alerted the district, Superintendent…
MA: Data breaches affect million state residents
Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe had an article in today’s paper about the 807 breach notifications the state received over a two-year period. The article referenced some breaches not previously reported in the media: Smaller incidents include the theft in October of three laptop computers from the Springfield accounting firm Moriarty & Primack. The…
Official: No computer security breach at Behrend
Gerry Weiss reports: A computer security breach at Pennsylvania State University that may have exposed thousands of Social Security numbers did not disclose personal information of any students, faculty or staff associated with its Erie branch campus, officials here said. Penn State Behrend, which experienced its own computer-related security breach in late January 2009, was…
WA: 130,000 at risk after computer breach at EWU
Levi Pulkkinen reports: Following a computer breach earlier in December, Eastern Washington University will be notifying 130,000 current and former students that their identifying information may have been compromised. While it remains unclear whether any students or alumni have had their identities stolen due to the breach, officials with the Cheney-based university are preparing to…
Update on Penn State’s malware breaches
From their newsroom: Although most offices are winding down for the holidays, Penn State’s privacy office remains active. The University currently is working to notify nearly 30,000 individuals about privacy breaches that may have exposed their personally identifying information. Malware infections to University computers caused all of the breaches, which occurred in the Eberly College…