Category Archives: Education data breach

LifeLock reviews: June data breaches at colleges and universities

June saw only seven reported data breaches at institutions of higher learning—not a terrific month, but certainly not the worst of the past year; that distinction is shared among July, September and December, 2008, when each month showed 13 reported data breaches. Total number of lost or exposed records for June is 171,611.
Last month, there [...]

LifeLock review: 7 university data breaches in March

The education sector was responsible for one-third of all reported data breaches between January 2005 and October 2008, with universities to blame for 79% of those, according to analysis by J. Campana and Associates LLC.
Given the number of university students and employees nationwide, it’s clear that millions of us are at risk of identity theft [...]