[privacy] Goshen College Reports Computer Security Breach

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via GoshenNews.com.

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- From May 5 to 7, a Goshen College [Indiana] computer was remotely
accessed
by a “hacker” with the suspected motivation of using the system to send
spam e-mails, Goshen College officials said Friday.

The improper access involved a database containing information on about
7,300 current or prospective students, from fall 2003 to the present, as
well as some of their parents.

The breach of the college’s computer security systems may have allowed a
hacker to view the names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers
and phone numbers of students and some information on some parents.

Upon discovery of the attack, law enforcement was notified. While no data
loss is suspected, Goshen College officials sent letters to students and
parents who may have been affected.

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More:
http://www.goshennews.com/local/local_story_132001116.html

- - ferg

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