MCC Secrecy on 10,000 Person Data Breach Costs $5,700

Ever since early last August, when student Melissa Denker sent  me a copy of the letter she received from McHenry County College regarding the compromising of her personal identifiers by college consultant Ellucian, I searched for the number of students … Continue reading

Closing In on the Number Involved in McHenry County College Security Security Number Breach

As you might imagine, when I learned that McHenry County College software vendor Ellucian had sent Social Security numbers and other personal information to three junior colleges which MCC refused to identify (but you can discover here), I thought you … Continue reading

Triton, Morton and Prairie State Community Colleges Got MCC Student & Employee Personal Info

Don’t know why it took a Freedom of Information request to pry the information in the headline out of McHenry County College, but it did. An unrevealed number of Social Security numbers and other personal data of students and, it … Continue reading

McHenry County College Refuses to Tell How Many Social Security Numbers Were Compromised

A while ago, I filed a Freedom of Information request with McHenry County College with regard to the security breach by software vendor Ellucian. Among other things, I asked for documents that would tell how many student and employee records … Continue reading

McHenry County College Issues Statement on internet Security Breach, Believes Misuse “Unlikely”

A press release from McHenry County College: McHenry County College Notifies Individuals of Disclosure of Personal Information [August 13, 2013.Crystal Lake, IL] McHenry County College (MCC) has notified certain employees and students that their personal information was unintentionally shared with … Continue reading

McHenry County College Faculty Personal Information Breached, Too

When last night’s article about the sending of personal student information to three as yet unidentified junior colleges by McHenry County College software vendor Ellucian, I thought that was the limit of the security breach. It turns out it wasn’t. … Continue reading

McHenry County College Software Vendor Ellucian Sends Student Social Security Numbers to Three Junior Colleges

A McHenry County College vendor sent student names, Social Security numbers and other personal information to three unidentified community colleges, according to letters sent to students dated July 31st. The vendor was Ellucian, which prides itself on “transparency” and describes … Continue reading