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By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Data breaches exposing the personally identifiable information of k-12 students taking a standardized assessment in English and math occurred in two states last week: New York and Mississippi. The data and technology systems utilized to administer, maintain, and compute the computerized assessment was procured by […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Thanksgiving is often a time when fraudsters prey upon our most vulnerable. You wouldn’t think that university fundraising departments would risk exposing confidential income, employment, and private wealth information of their alumni to third parties for added financial gains would you? Related Articles and Reports […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Just today, I posted an article about a Nigerian living in St. Louis who attempted to obtain $12 million in fraudulent tax returns based upon private information stolen from the payroll records of public school employees after being deported in 1995 and re-entering the US […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Once again, it looks like criminals have found a treasure trove in unsecured data maintained by schools. The victims? This time it was not the students’ confidential information that was stolen, rather the personal private information of staff and employees. As discussed here, the exploitation […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Did you hear about the data breach of information stored at the Alaska Office of Children’s Services today? The state divulged that personal information of “individuals who have interacted with the Alaska Office of Children’s Services” was accessed. The fourfold purpose of the Children’s Services […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology The Maryland State Board of Education is investigating a whistleblower complaint alleging the alteration of student grades and credits for the purpose of misrepresenting graduation rates. This is not a new phenomenon. School employees as well as students manipulate grades to increase GPAs, graduate, pass a […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Computer information systems in the education sector remain susceptible to hacking by insiders and outsiders. Most often for financial gain, and for other times just to change a grade from “F” to “B.” Reasons why the incident at the University of Central Florida raises heightened alarms […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology Talk to any one of the 21 million federal workers or contractors impacted by the hacking incident exposing personal records for potential criminal or national security activities and you’ll receive a collective sigh. However, did you know that the records of more than 75.2 million students and […]
This blog is curated to serve as a resource for the exploration of fraud, computer-assisted and data related crime in the education sector. Taxpayers invest $603.7 billion for public education annually. Venture capitalists contribute almost $2.0 billion forecasting significant investment gains each year. These funds support 100,000 schools and 7,200 colleges in the education of […]
