Former Wisconsin Law School Applicants at Risk for Identity Theft

[Inga Goddijn <inga () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://kstp.com/news/university-wisconsin-law-school-applicants-risk-identity-theft-database-hack/4337702/

The University of Wisconsin Law School has notified more than 1,200 former
applicants that they could be at risk of identity theft because the
school's database was hacked.

The university says Social Security numbers from 2005 to 2006 applicants
were recently compromised. The Law School has taken down the affected
server as a result and added a firewall to better protect that data.

The State Journal says the school contacted UW Police about the hack.
Police spokesman Marc Lovicott says investigators have identified a
potential hacker, who lives out of state. No arrests have been made.

The university discovered the database was hacked on Nov. 3 and notified
the applicants Tuesday.

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