Usernames and Passwords

Daytona State College Email System Hacked, Used to Send Bomb Threats

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Fri, 2009-12-11 18:52

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Daytona Beach Police are investigating the breach of Daytona State College's email system after the system was used to send out three bomb threats. The bomb threat emails were sent from the hacked system to one of the college's adjunct professors. The emails, which originated from an account belonging to an employee on the Daytona Beach campus, contained references to bombs and a threat to "blow this school up, and kill everyone till they are gone". According to John Banker, the college's security supervisor, the employee was not responsible and someone had hacked into her account. Daytona State College does not feel this is a viable but is taking steps to locate the person responsible.

Abilene Christian University Server Breached

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Thu, 2009-03-26 12:44

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Abilene Christian University sent out an email informing the campus community about a breach of one the ACU's computer servers. The breached system contained a database of usernames and passwords tied to the ACU's email system. According to the university, this incident appears to be the action of a single individual and there is no evidence that the intruder obtained any personal information. Kevin Roberts, associate vice president of operations with the university, the university knows the identity of the individual responsible for the breach, but is not releasing any additional information because the ongoing investigation.

Police Allege Former IT Admin Stole Nude Facebook Pictures

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Tue, 2009-03-03 07:27

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A former University of Massachusetts IT administrator is facing charges that he illegally accessed 16 student Facebook accounts and stole nude photos. Robert J DeCampos Jr faces 13 misdemeanor counts of unauthorized computer access and one felony count of larceny. According to court documents, DeCampos used student email accounts to gain access to the Facebook accounts where he was able to download the nude photos these accounts contained. DeCampos was fired by the university on October 20, four days after the discovery of the alleged computer trespass.

Student Charged With Hacking Email Accounts, Blackmailing Other Students

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Mon, 2008-11-17 21:00

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A University of the Cumberlands student has been arrested and charged with hacking into student email accounts and using the information to blackmail these students. According to a press release from the Office of the Attorney General, Sungkook Kim was charged with identity theft and unlawful access to a computer following an investigation by the AG's cybercrime unit and the Williamsburg police. The investigation discovered that Kim had installed spyware on campus library computers to capture user IDs and passwords of students and faculty using the computers.

Former UMaine Student Charged With Hacking Hundreds of Student Email Accounts

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Thu, 2008-11-13 19:00

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The University of Maine announced the arrest of a former student charged with illegally accessing hundreds of student email accounts. Following a three week investigation by the University of Maine campus police, the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Task Force and the United States Secrete Service charged former UMaine business student James Wieland with one count of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy. The university believes that Wieland is responsible for distributing a downloadable game through email that contained a trojan key logging program. Wieland allegedly sent the email to over 1,000 student email address and had gained access to over 200 accounts as a result. The university became aware of the incident after two students received emails from each other while riding on an airplane together. It is not known why Wieland wanted access to these accounts.

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