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--California Joins Cyber Security Challenge (October 2, 2009)

US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and the California Office of Information Security have announced that California will join the US Cyber Challenge, a program aimed at identifying and nurturing the next generation of cyber security professionals. Read More

Boston Univ. Student Fined US $675,000 for Filesharing

(July 31 & August 3, 2009) Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum has been fined US $675,000 for illegally downloading 30 songs and making them available to others. Read More

Hackers attack campus databases, steal Social Security numbers, other data

By Janet Gilmore, Media Relations | 08 May 2009

BERKELEY — The University of California, Berkeley, today (Friday, May 8) began notifying students, alumni and others that their personal information may have been stolen after hackers attacked restricted computer databases in the campus's health services center. The databases contained individuals' Social Security numbers, health insurance information and non-treatment medical information, such as immunization records and names of some of the physicians they may have seen for diagnoses or treatment. Read more

DATA BREACHES, LOSS & EXPOSURE

 Univ. of Washington Notifies 6,000 of Data Breach (April 1 & 3, 2009)
The University of Washington has notified more than 6000 employees that their personal information was compromised in a data security breach late last year. Read more

- University of Florida Admits to Third Data Breach in Three Months

The latest breach involved servers that hosted free email services and online course offerings for faculty members, as well as websites for fraternities and sororities. Read more

OSU students told that private information was on Internet

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio State University has notified 18,000 current and former students that their names and Social Security numbers were mistakenly stored on a computer server exposed to the Internet. Read more

College Student Charged in Alleged eMail Hacking and Attempted Extortion

(November 17, 2008) A Kentucky college student has been charged with identity theft and unlawful access to a computer for allegedly breaking into other students' email accounts at the University of the Cumberland's and using the access and information to blackmail them. Read more

Stolen Stanford Laptop Contained Confidential Employee Information

Stanford University is working to alert current and former employees after the university determined a stolen laptop contained confidential employee information. Read more

Oregon State University Investigating Possible Bookstore Customer Information Theft

Oregon State Police are investigating the theft of the theft of online customer information from the Oregon State University bookstore. In total, the theft may affected 4,700 customers that had used credit cards in online purchases. Read more

[Update1]UC Irvine ID Theft Caused By UnitedHealthCare Data Breach

A large number of ID theft crimes affecting University of California, Irvine medical students has been traced back to a data breach at UnitedHeathCare. A total of 1,132 current and former graduate students enrolled in the university's graduate student health insurance program could fall victim to tax scam. Read more

Social Security Numbers of U. of Maryland Students Exposed

About 24,000 students at the University of Maryland are at risk of having their identities stolen. On July 1, the university's Department of Transportation Services sent all students registered for upcoming fall classes parking brochures. Read more

Harvard Issues New ID Cards After Security Breach

Harvard University will issue new identification cards that use Smartcard technology to college undergraduates and students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences this fall. This will be the first phase of a security upgrade that comes after a Harvard undergraduate student was caught in November duplicating ID cards that belonged to the university's president and two other administrators, The Harvard Crimson reported yesterday.Read more

Programming Flaw Exposes Applicant Information

A programming error in the University of Southern California's online system for accepting applications from prospective students left the personal information of ``hundreds of thousands of records'' publicly accessible. Read more

Princeton Student Hacks Yale Computer System

Princeton University has admitted that its admissions personnel hacked into rival Yale's computer system to check on the applications status of 11 students who also had applied to Princeton. The university has suspended with pay its associate dean and director of admissions, and a spokeswoman expressed deep regret "that information provided by students in good faith to the university was used inappropriately by at least one official in our admissions office." Read more