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FL: Foreign hacker accessed UF student, employee records
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:14:20 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090219/ARTICLES/902190953/0/NEWS04 A foreign hacker gained access to a University of Florida computer system containing the personal information of more than 97,200 students, faculty and staff, UF announced Thursday. The files included the names and Social Security numbers of individuals who used UF's Grove computer system since 1996. A hacker in the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda accessed the system Dec. 22 and exploited a security hole, according to a UF police report. An information technology staff member discovered the breach Jan. 14 during a review of computer systems. UF sent notification letters Tuesday to most individuals with information on the system, but was unable to find addresses for about 5,000 of them. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) CREDANT Technologies, a leader in data security, offers advanced data encryption solutions. Protect sensitive data on desktops, laptops, smartphones and USB sticks transparently across your enterprise to ensure regulatory compliance. http://www.credant.com/stopdataloss
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