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CA: Corona-Norco school district confronts security breach
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:50:51 -0500 (CDT)
Via: http://www.databreaches.net/?p=13775 http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wbreach11.2c2dee8.html Corona-Norco school district confronts security breach 01:06 AM PDT on Saturday, September 11, 2010 By DAYNA STRAEHLEY The Press-Enterprise The Corona-Norco school district inadvertently published the Social Security numbers of more than 80 teachers and administrators on the Internet, a security breach discovered by an information privacy watchdog. Aaron Titus, information privacy director for the Liberty Coalition in Washington, D.C., said he found the list using a Google search as part of his volunteer work to protect privacy. The district took the list off its website within two or three minutes after Titus called them Aug. 31, but a backup copy remains online on Google docs. Michael Lin, assistant superintendent for human resources, said he has been trying to get Google to remove that copy. "I'm doing everything in my power to make it right," he said Friday by phone. Titus said he doesn't believe anyone can access the Google doc by searching and without knowing the Internet address. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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