Two New York high school students enrolled at Madrid-Waddington Central School are facing third degree felony charges of computer tampering for allegedly accessing school district computers and changing records. Fox10 reports that the two youth, who have been identified as Mathew Hayes and Nicholas Ladoceour, allegedly accessed attendance, disciplinary, and grade records via the school’s intranet. According to…
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FL: Bright House Cable work orders found trashed
Erik Sandoval reports that WKMG received a viewer tip about Bright House Cable customer information found behind Jaguar, Inc. Jaguar is a contractor for Bright House Cable in Altamonte Springs. The work orders exposed the names, addresses and other personal information of dozens of customers. Bright House provided a statement to WKMG: “Bright House…
Breach notification letters create second breach for health co-op
I had been a bit critical in reporting on a recent breach involving the Oregon’s Health Co-Op, writing: In reading the substitute notice below, note that they do not say from where the laptop was stolen, nor how many were affected. And what kind of “commitment” to privacy is it to just password-protect a laptop…
UC Berkeley announces another data breach
Their announcement: UC Berkeley officials announced today (Thursday, April 30) that they are sending alert notices to current students and other individuals regarding a computer data breach that may have resulted in unauthorized access to their Social Security numbers or other personal information. There is no evidence that such information has actually been used, but…
Phishing attack hits another healthcare system
Partners Healthcare System has become the latest healthcare system to disclose that patient data was compromised by employees falling for phishing attacks: Partners HealthCare System, Inc. and its affiliated institutions and hospitals, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital,North Shore Medical Center, Partners Continuing Care, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital (“Partners…
Technical College of the Lowcountry notifies students whose SSN were exposed online by third party
On April 27, the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort, South Carolina, disclosed a breach involving high school students who had enrolled in a program they offered. Here is their first statement: On Thursday, April 23, 2015, the Technical College of the Lowcountry was notified of a possible data security incident involving the online publication…