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UW-Milwaukee Professor Emailed Student Information To Geography Students

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Mon, 2010-04-26 10:24

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The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee will soon being notifying former students after an email attachment may have exposed personal information. The email message, sent by the undergraduate program chair for the Department of Geography to 97 geography students, contained an attachment with the names, GPA's and student IDs of 33 former UWM students. The university became aware of the problem after one of the students that received the email contacted the Help Desk. Once notified, the IT department took action and was able to remove the email message from email accounts of 83 of the 97 students receiving the email. The other 14 either had the email message forwarded outside of the university email system or had opened and read the message. University officials contacted these 14 individuals and most indicated they had immediately deleted the email.

Olympic College Student Data Found Exposed On Intranet

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Sun, 2010-04-18 11:45

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An Olympic College student recently uncovered unsecured student information was available on the college's intranet. Jacob Core, a student at Olympic College, discovered a file containing student names, ID numbers and the last four Social Security numbers on an unsecured server while exploring the architecture of the network. Core contacted Jon Bowers, student body president, who immediately contacted the college's IT Department. Once contacted the file was removed. An investigation discovered that an employee at the college moved the file to the server believing it was a secure storage location.

University of Calgary Warns Patients After Breach at Sunridge Medical Center

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Thu, 2010-03-18 08:47

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The University of Calgary recently announced that patient records may have been exposed during a recent breach. The breach, involving a single computer that was compromised by two viruses, contained personal health information of 5,000 patients at University of Calgary's Sunridge Medical Center. While there is no evidence that the viruses, one of which would allow unauthorized access and control of the computer, exposed any information, Dr. Cathy MacLean, head of the department of family medicine, says that it is a concern. The computer in question was used to store copies of faxes, medical legal reports and billing data but did not contain electronic medical records.

Computer Theft Prompts Notification of Former Cal State LA Students

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Tue, 2010-03-16 09:05

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California State University Los Angeles recently notified former students following the theft of a computer. The computer, stolen from a mathematics department office, may have contained the names, Social Security numbers and grades on 232 former students between 1999 and 2005. Cal State LA officials do not believe the computer was taken for the information but the warned those affected to notify credit bureaus and law enforcement at the first sign of fraud. In addition, a hotline - 800-883-4029 - has been setup to provide more information to those affected.

Audit Finds Sensitive Illinois State University Information Not Properly Destroyed

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Mon, 2010-03-15 18:59

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A recent audit discovered that Illinois State University is not properly disposing of personal and sensitive information. In a recent report, Illinois Audit General Bill Holland stated auditors found employee Social Security numbers, personal health information and information on ISU credit card accounts in unsecured recycling bins and garbage cans in a number of offices. In addition, the audit points at problems in how sensitive data on old computers is handled. Greg Alt, ISU's Assistant Vice President for Finance and Planning, stated the university is working to improve the way sensitive information is destroyed.

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