Glitch reveals private data for thousands of California students
Nanette Asimov writes on SFGate.com:
The personal information of tens of thousands of California children -- including their names, state achievement test scores, identification numbers and status in gifted or special-needs programs -- is open to public view through a security loophole in dozens of school districts statewide that use a popular education software system.
Teacher names and employee identification numbers are also visible to anyone logging onto the system, which is used locally by school districts including San Francisco, San Jose and Hayward.
The problem occurs when the districts issue a generic password to teachers using the system. Until the teacher changes to a unique password, anyone can type in a teacher's user name and generic password and gain access to information about students that is supposed to be guarded as closely as the gold in Fort Knox.
posted by Fergie @ 10/21/2005 08:29:00 AM
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