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Re: Improper access to student PII granted, 60 mil exposed
From: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:11:57 -0400
Interesting. This sounds like the Lexis/Nexis case where someone got illicit access to a law enforcement privileged account to the service by backdooring the computer thus essentially getting access to a huge amount of data unchecked. On 4/17/07, Chris Walsh <cwalsh () cwalsh org> wrote:
Report: Lenders illicitly accessing student database Published: 2007-04-16 A database containing the personal and financial details of nearly 60 million students had repeatedly been accessed by some lending companies in ways the violated federal privacy laws, the Washington Post reported on Sunday
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Current thread:
- Improper access to student PII granted, 60 mil exposed Chris Walsh (Apr 17)
- Re: Improper access to student PII granted, 60 mil exposed B.K. DeLong (Apr 17)