EDUCAUSE | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Identity Theft

The University's Role in Advancing Data Encryption, Part 2

ckeller — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:48:58 -0500

"Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing cyber-crimes, and, as a result, 38 states have identity theft legislation -- with some states using encryption as a safe haven," said Southwestern Illinois Community College CIO Christine Leja. "The education market as a whole is becoming more serious about protecting student information and is looking to encryption as the means to making that happen."

Training Your Staff to Protect SIS Data

ckeller — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:32:08 -0500

"No matter how robust your firewall, trained faculty and staff are your first line of defense against system breaches."

UVM to get new ID numbers

drupal — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:27:26 -0600

Due to a new state law the University of Vermont will be begin using new ID numbers that are not SSNs.

Major breach of UCLA's computer files

drupal — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:35:27 -0600

"Personal information on 800,000 students, alumni and others is exposed. Attacks lasted a year, the school says."

Locking Down Departmental Data

drupal — Tue, 23 May 2006 10:09:52 -0500

As hackers have found their way into computer networks around the country in recent years — putting individuals' personal information at risk of identity theft and embarrassing companies, colleges and other entities — many if not most higher education institutions have significantly tightened their technological security.

Server hack at Georgetown University probed

drupal — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:06:17 -0600

Data on as many as 41,000 people may have been compromised.

Guilty Pleas in ID Theft Bust

drupal — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:24:43 -0600

Six individuals caught in a Secret Service sting called Operation Firewall pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit credit and bank card fraud and ID document fraud. Two other individuals involved in the scam previously pleaded guilty to the same charge. All were among 19 who were indicted last year, charged with running a private-access Web site where people from around the globe bought and sold sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and fake IDs. The ID theft ring is thought to have trafficked in more than1.5 million credit card numbers, close to 18 million e-mail accounts, and other information that was used to buy and sell merchandise online.One who pleaded guilty, Wesley Lanning, specialized in making and selling fake IDs. His attorney, Marc Leibman, said that although Lanning sold most of the IDs to teens to use to buy beer, "obviously everyone is concerned that some...militant is going to get one of Wesley Lanning's fake IDs and use it to transport a bomb."

New California Law Makes Phishing Illegal

drupal — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:29:57 -0500

"The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 allows for fines of thousands of dollars".

U.S. Colleges Struggle to Combat Identity Theft

drupal — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:20:56 -0500

"Despite their image as leafy enclaves of higher learning shielded from the real world, universities across the United States are finding themselves on the front lines of the battle against identity theft. With their huge databases, universities may rival financial institutions as attractive targets for the crime, estimated to affect over 9 million Americans a year at the total cost of more than $50 billion, experts said. Nearly half of the publicized incidents of data breach since January occurred at universities, according to the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center."

Stanford Professors Offer Password Protection

drupal — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:12:04 -0500

The increase in identity theft has prompted two Stanford University professors to develop software that protects computer passwords from Internet thieves.