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The University of California at San Francisco began notifying students, teachers, and staff that their names, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers may have been accessed during a security breach.
Personal information for 46,000 students, faculty, and staff at the University of California at San Francisco is at risk after a hacker broke into the network, campus officials said this week.
[InformationWeek]
Written by MCruz on April 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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The laptop computer was stolen from its docking station in the late afternoon of Feb. 28th from a Metro State faculty member’s office on the Auraria Campus.
The stolen computer contained roster information of 988 students enrolled in the faculty member’s classes from the beginning of the 1999 fall semester to the end of the 2002 fall semester. The stolen computer was password protected.
Concerned students can visit their website or call 1-866-737-6622 for more information.
[MyFox Colorado]
Written by MCruz on March 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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Officials at the University of California Los Angeles alerted about 800,000 current and former students, faculty and staff on Tuesday that their names and certain personal information were exposed after a hacker broke into a campus computer system.
A website has been setup for those affected by this breach. You may also call (877) 533-8082.
Source: CBS News
Written by MCruz on December 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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Officials at Berry College were notified late Monday afternoon that student information included on applications for need-based federal aid filed during the 2005-06 academic year has been misplaced by an external financial aid consultant.
This data, including student name, Social Security number and reported family income, involves 2,093 students or potential students who submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to Berry in 2005-06. Of those, 1,322 are currently enrolled at the college.
More information about the data loss can be found on the school’s website.
Written by MCruz on September 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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So many tips, so much news with very little time. Here are this weekend’s personal data exposure reports:
Written by MCruz on September 10th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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About 6,000 current and former University of South Carolina (USC) students are being warned that they are at risk of identity theft. Their confidential information was accessed by a hacker last year.
A security audit this summer determined a university computer server was accessed from outside the system in September 2005.
School spokesman Russ McKinney says the intruder could have acquired a database used by the university post office that had the names, Social Security numbers and birthdays of the students.
Source: FOX Carolina
Written by MCruz on August 27th, 2006 with no comments.
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