Lindsey Anderson reports: Confidential information belonging to Hanks High School students might have been compromised after a laptop containing transcripts of every student at the school was stolen. A Hanks counselor downloaded and saved transcripts of all 1,700 students onto a personal laptop as part of her job, but the laptop and other items were stolen from…
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After data breach, FCPS passes new policy to handle stolen information
Kate Masters reports: After a major student data breach, Frederick County Public Schools now has a clear response policy for future security lapses. The policy — which the Board of Education passed unanimously Wednesday — provides a multi-step plan for school administrators if FCPS data is stolen or leaked. […] The plan sets clear expectations…
NY: Special-Needs Teacher From Mount Kisco Sentenced In ID Theft Cases
Kathy Reakes reports: A Westchester special-education teacher was sentenced Tuesday to one-and-a-half to three years in prison for stealing the identities of two licensed teachers so she could continue working with special-needs children, officials said. Aimee Stark, 42, of Mount Kisco, also known as Aimee Forman, pleaded guilty in November to the scheme, according to…
UK: Laptop and files with confidential information about Aberdeen children stolen
Paper documents and a laptop holding personal details about youngsters in the Granite City were taken when a car was stolen. Councillor Alex Nicoll, who sits on the education and children’s services committee, said: “I’m obviously concerned that this has happened. Read more on Aberdeen Journals Ltd. Thankfully, the laptop was encrypted and the stolen…
Pro-Trump group hacked, website taken down in Cabinet fight
Tom LoBianco reports: A prolific Republican super PAC pushing President Donald Trump’s Cabinet took down its website temporarily Monday after hackers got in and retitled sections “Make America S****y Again” and scrawled “Black Lives Matter” across the video section. The 45 Committee — a PAC started by mega-donors Todd Ricketts and Sheldon Adelson — released…
Victims of W-2 phishing scams (2017 list)
— The list of entities reporting that employee W-2 data was acquired by phishing.– Last year, this site compiled 145 W-2 phishing incidents before I somewhat waved a white flag in terms of trying to keep up, but as I started working on this year’s list, I found even more cases from 2016, bringing the 2016…