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Walnut Township school payroll records hacked
From: Jake Kouns <jkouns () opensecurityfoundation org>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:47:49 -0400
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20110316/NEWS01/110316012 Someone had gained access into the payroll records between 1:15 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office report. Ron Thornton, superintendent of Walnut Township Local Schools, said the district discovered someone had hacked into the payroll files and school staff was notified. “There is an ongoing investigation into the security breach,” Thornton said. “But I can’t really comment on the investigation.” The Sheriff’s Office report indicated the hackers had been able to access the 2008 payroll records and started to access the updated payroll records before being detected. “This is the first time I can remember of someone hacking into the payroll accounts of an organization in the county,” Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen said. Thornton said the district began notifying approximately 80 school personnel affected by the breach immediately after it was detected. “We are advising all the staff to watch their credit history and to change accounts,” Thornton said. The district also is looking into credit reporting monitoring agencies about providing the service to the employees. “We are looking at the different services and costs,” Thornton said. “But we haven’t made any decisions on it yet.” Phalen said investigators would be working with federal authorities to look into breach. “The federal authorities are more equipped to deal with this type of crime,” Phalen said. “But it is really difficult to find out who is behind this type of crime. If any of the Walnut Township employees detect anyone trying to access their banking accounts, they need to notify the school and us as soon as possible.” _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Learn encryption strategies that manage risk and shore up compliance. Download Article 1 of CREDANT Technologies' The Essentials Series: Endpoint Data Encryption That Actually Works http://credant.com/campaigns/realtime2/gap-LP1/
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