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follow-up: School hires new head of technology after data thefts (fwd)
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 03:48:13 -0500 (EST)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16859941.htm Associated Press Mar. 08, 2007 ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio University hired a new technology chief who will be in charge of computer systems that hackers once breached, compromising personal information of alumni, students and staff. The university announced Wednesday that Brice Bible, 45, will become chief information officer April 16. He currently is interim chief information officer and assistant vice president for information technology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Bible will take over for OU's interim technology chief, Shawn Ostermann. He held the job while the university searched for a permanent replacement for Bill Sams, who stepped down last year. The university last April discovered breaches in four computer systems, exposing about 367,000 files containing Social Security numbers, names, medical records and home addresses. The university later revised those numbers, stating that about 173,000 people's files were affected. The school fired two administrators over the electronic break-ins and spent millions to upgrade computer security. There have been no proven cases of identity theft or fraud linked to the data thefts, university officials have said. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 149 million compromised records in 592 incidents over 7 years.
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