And yet another example of how serious insider breaches can be. Tom Winter, Ken Dilanian, and Jonathan Dienst report: The arrest last week of a former CIA officer suspected of spying for China exposed one of the most significant intelligence breaches in American history. But the damage is even worse than first reported, sources familiar…
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Mississippi student data accessed in Questar testing-vendor breach
Bracey Harris reports: Mississippi education officials were unable to say Friday how many students’ personal information might have been obtained in the wake of a data breach at Questar one of the state’s testing vendors. The Mississippi Department of Education said in a statement Friday that an unauthorized user accessed the information of two districts…
New York State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar
Jan. 18 -State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar The State Education Department’s grades 3-8 assessment vendor, Questar Assessment, Inc., experienced a data breach affecting a small number of students registered for computer-based testing (CBT) in spring 2017, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced today. Questar reported that its preliminary analysis shows 52…
UT: Bored student hacks into Taylorsville High School system
Marcos Ortiz reports: A teen claimed boredom caused him to hack into a school’s computer network. It happened during last year’s school year at Taylorsville High School. But the case was recently unsealed by a judge. The 18-year-old who doesn’t want his name disclosed said he has not been charged with a crime but has been told…
The Coca-Cola Breach and Who’s on Hook for Security of Employee Data
Chris Opfer writes: Six years after Shane Enslin left his repairman job at a Coca-Cola distribution plant in Pennsylvania, the company told him that his Social Security number and other personal information might have fallen into the wrong hands. A few months later, a declined credit card upended his family vacation. Then came a third…
Palomar Health notifying patients after nurse caught snooping in records
As seen on their site: Notice to Palomar Health Patients Regarding Unauthorized Access of Patient Health Information Palomar Health is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information and we regret to inform you of an incident involving some of that information. Sometime between February 10, 2016 and May 7, 2017, some…