College recruitment database leaking nearly 1M student GPAs, SATs, IDs, etc.

Posted by teslademigod1 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:05AM
from the cybernews.com dept.

https://cybernews.com/security/college-recruitment-database-leaking-nearly-1-million-students-gpas-sat-scores-ids-and-other-personal-data/

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Re:College recruitment database leaking nearly 1M student GP... by teslademigod1 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:20AM (#23916656)

great (or typical?) response from company:

"Through an Amazon representative, CaptainU claimed that the sensitive educational data was “meant to be openly available.” But it seems that CaptainU never mentioned this fact to the students or their parents."

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Re:College recruitment database leaking nearly 1M student GP... by bmcn2020 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:25AM (#23916690)

thanks for this! in my experience, typical

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