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Rible: Cyber Attack Attempts Illustrate Need to Protect Student Data(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 21 -- The New Jersey Assembly Republicans issued the following news release: Assemblyman Dave Rible said a recent report by the state attorney general that New Jersey faces more than a million hacking attempts per month underscores the need to enact legislation he sponsors (A-2724) that safeguards information collected on New Jersey students. "As we have seen with celebrity hacking scandals and massive corporate data breaches, no information is totally safe," said Rible, R-Monmouth and Ocean. "This is another reminder that criminals are constantly trying to access our personal data and we need to be extremely careful with all of our sensitive information. This report further illustrates the dangers of collecting sensitive information, especially information on our children, which, in the wrong hands, could cause irreparable damage." At a recent conference, the state's Acting Attorney General John Hoffman noted New Jersey has thwarted millions of attempts to access information and these attempts are on the rise. Rible has advocated for legislation to protect student information and give parents more rights to prevent the release of information about their children. CC AutoTriage12bkp-141022-30VitinMar-4907977 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |