More than 9,000 former law students and applicants at the University of Arizona are at risk of identity theft after UA's latest computer security breach. Their names and Social Security numbers were compromised in a hacking incident in late July. The FBI is investigating the breach, a UA news release said Wednesday. Here is the article: … [Read more...] about Computer security breach at University of Arizona
“Our research shows that while higher education institutions face the same cyber-attacks as enterprises and government agencies, they tend to be compromised by malware and botnets at a much higher rate,” Read the article here: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15802 … [Read more...] about Higher education networks 300% more likely to contain malware
Sacramento State was breached and waited months to notify 1,800 identity theft victims. Read the news story here: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/10/16/sacramento-state-employees-just-being-notified-about-august-security-breach/ … [Read more...] about CSUS University Breached – Doesn’t Tell Victims
A Virginia Tech official Tuesday blamed human error for a data breach that may have exposed sensitive data on about 145,000 people. Read about it here: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/09/092413-hr-hrserver.html … [Read more...] about Virginia Tech breach
"Universities are shoring up their cybersecurity strategies amid a rising wave of attacks on their networks. Schools from the University of North Carolina to the University of California at Berkeley have doubled the size of their IT staffs and/or budgets in order to address the problem." Read the whole article here: … [Read more...] about University cybersecurity: Different, but still the same