Perry Stein reports: The private information of about 12,000 D.C. Public Schools students was accidently uploaded to a publicly accessible website, the District’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education announced Thursday in an internal memo. The information, which was online for several hours Tuesday, has been taken down. Officials said someone in the office…
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Police: Harrison teacher’s website hacked
Joseph Paul reports: A Harrison High School student is suspected of hacking a teacher’s website and posting offensive content, officials said Wednesday. Tippecanoe School Corp. administrators discovered Monday night that the teacher’s classroom page — located within Harrison’s website — had been accessed without authorization, spokesperson Sue Scott said. The suspect appears to have “obtained the teacher’s password,” Scott said, posted “inappropriate and offensive…
Hellgate High data breach included records of former, deceased students
There’s yet another update to the Hellgate High School breach that was first disclosed in December. Chelsea Davis reports that alumni, former students, transfers and even deceased students also were included in December’s data breach. Read more on The Missoulian.
Former Tampa Police Department Employee Pleads Guilty To Computer Intrusion
There’s an update to a breach previously reported on this site. Last Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida reported that Tonia Bright (53, Tampa) pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining information from a protected computer for a fraudulent purpose. According to the plea agreement, Bright was a civilian employee of…
Stolen Oregon Health & Science University hard drive contained babies’ protected health information
Data breach incident December 2015 involving stolen OHSU hard drive 02/10/16 Portland, Ore. On December 6, 2015, an OHSU research student’s car was broken into and a hard drive was stolen. The hard drive may have contained health information about Neonatal Intensive Care Unit patients admitted to the unit in 2013 who were enrolled in a…
GA: Veteran given 10 other patients’ records by Atlanta V.A. Medical Center
George Franco reports: A Vietnam veteran from Canton is upset after receiving his medical records, and those of ten other people from the V.A. Medical Center in DeKalb County. Ken Newton told FOX 5 he retrieved his medical files for his attorney in a possible lawsuit concerning Agent Orange. Ken Newton pulled out his medical…