Debra O’Connor reports: State computer experts found no evidence of criminal activity when private student data was exposed on the website of a student loan program, according to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. “We did the big deep-dive security analysis and discovered, of all the log-ins to that site, there were only three that…
Category: Exposure
G.O.P. Error Reveals Donors and the Price of Access
Jonathan Weisman reports: In politics, it is sometimes better to be lucky than good. Republicans and Democrats, and groups sympathetic to each, spend millions on sophisticated technology to gain an advantage. They do it to exploit vulnerabilities and to make their own information secure. But sometimes, a simple coding mistake can lay bare documents and…
TX: School district mistakenly turns over parents’ information to PAC
Rashi Vats reports that a political group obtained parents’ email addresses from Katy Independent School District in Texas – even though that information should not have been released. Anthony Kessel is a Katy ISD parent who wanted answers after receiving an email from a community-led group pushing the passage of a school bond in November….
NC: Hertford County security breach puts some taxpayers at risk
Holly Henry reports on WTKR: Some taxpayers may be at risk in Hertford County, after a list containing confidential information on the Hertford County Website was compromised. The following statement is from the Hertford County Commissioners on a recent security breach: The posting of a list of delinquent tax liens for tax years 2005 thru…
TX: Shared hard drive left Bexar County Sheriff’s Office employees’ info vulnerable
KSAT reports: The human resources department at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has notified employees of a possible data breach. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said at one point a shared drive containing employee information could have been accessed by people outside of the department. Read more on KSAT.
Kansas State U. discloses possible leak of student personal information
Earlier this month, Rick Dean reported: Kansas State University officials say an internal error may have exposed on the Internet personal information from candidates seeking admission to the school’s graduate program in agronomy. In a news release Wednesday, school officials said 19 persons who had applied for admission to graduate programs between 2010 and 2013…