Posted by the University of Florida: In August, the University’s Privacy Office was notified of a privacy breach after the discovery of an unprotected computer file containing 34 names and 25 Social Security numbers. We believe the personal information belongs to trainers working with the Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education program in 2006....
Unversity of Vermont recently discovered that the security of up to 242 university-funded credit cards has been compromised. Ann Naylor of UVM Procurement services said in a statement that UVM is unaware of how the breach occured. UVM discovered the issue when they were notified by their bank. They were mailed a list of...
A weekend theft at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington may put some students at risk of identity theft and other abuses. A spokesperson for the College told ABC 36 News that personal information, including social security numbers were taken from less than 100 of the school’s 11,000 students. Lexington Police are investigating...
A file transfer program erroneously installed on a server in an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) office at Boston University inadvertently exposed personal information about thousands of people affiliated with the program. University officials say the compromised computer was taken off-line when the breach was identified on July 28; they are working with...
More than a dozen computers have been stolen from California State University, Los Angeles, sparking concerns over possible identity theft. Officials say on Aug. 1 someone broke a window in the office of the university’s Minority Opportunities in Research program and stole 14 computers, two desktops and 12 laptops. The computers contain the names,...
Since the University of Massachusetts announced a breach of its computer system earlier this month, there have been a few inquiries but no evidence that hackers actually stole information, according to UMass spokesman Edward F. Blaguszewski. By law UMass had to post a notice on its Web site reporting “a breach of security regarding...
A Northern Kentucky University employee’s laptop computer – which contained personal information about some current and former students — was stolen from a restricted area last month, university officials said. The computer was taken July 22, according to a letter from Sara Sidebottom, the university’s vice president for legal affairs and general counsel....
Personal information for at least 455 students who attended what is now the Calhoun Area Career Center during the 2005-2006 school year was available via an Internet search for about three and a half years, according to an Aug. 5 letter sent by Battle Creek Public Schools to those affected by the breach. The...
Alpha Daye Bah was arrested last week on charges that he stole at least 20 customers’ data from an unnamed restaurant and passed it to co-conspirators. More. Jason Reed and Derek Edwards were arrested for conspiracy to commit identity theft. Following a — wait for it — traffic stop, the officers found stolen credit...
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