Jamie Ross of Courthouse News reports that another lawsuit has been filed against Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) following a data breach it disclosed in November 2013 (search MCCCD for all previous coverage on this blog). This latest lawsuit was reportedly filed by Jason Liebich, a current student at Phoenix College. It was filed in…
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Maricopa County Community College District sued to compel public records production (update 1)
You may not be reading much in the news recently about the breach involving Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), but there’s a lot going on. Unfortunately, MCCCD has reportedly not been particularly forthcoming with records that might shed light on what really happened back in 2011 when MCCCD was informed by the FBI that…
Arizona law firm files notice of claim over Maricopa County Community College District breach; class-action lawsuit to follow?
I’m somewhat surprised this took so long. Back in October, I blogged about a breach involving the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) in Arizona. The breach involved sensitive information such as names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and bank account information of 2.49 million students, former students, vendors and employees. Judging by the almost 100 comments in…
There are lessons to be learned from the Maricopa County Community Colleges breach. Learn them, dammit.
I generally do not write “lessons learned from [X breach] ” posts, because I seriously doubt people have really learned anything. Instead of headlines like “Lessons learned from…,” what we should be writing is, “If you don’t learn from this, then you’re an idiot and should never be allowed near consumers’ personal information.” In any…
Breach at Maricopa Community Colleges may cost $14 million
Mary Beth Faller reports: A massive data breach at Maricopa Community Colleges was a result of staff errors in the information technology department, and the estimated cost of fixing the problem and aiding victims could rise as high as $14 million. An official with the Maricopa County Community College District said an outside consultant had…
Maricopa Community Colleges notifies 2.5M after data security breach (update 6)
Tim Gallen and Mike Sunnucks report: The Maricopa County Community College District is notifying nearly 2.5 million students, former students, vendors and employees because their personal information may have been exposed in a security breach. The Tempe-based college district announced today that it is contacting 2.49 million students, employees and suppliers that their information may…