Carnegie-Mellon: Oops!

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:57 -0400
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Subject: Carnegie-Mellon: Oops!

Carnegie Mellon Says Business School Computers Were Breached
Fri Apr 22, 6:06 PM ET


More than 5,000 people are at risk of having had their personal data
accessed, according to the school, which said it has no ``clear idea''
how long the system had been vulnerable.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Carnegie Mellon University is warning more than 5,000
students, employees and graduates that their Social Security numbers and
other personal information may have been accessed during a breach of the
school's computer network.

Carnegie Mellon discovered the breach on April 10. Spokesman Mike Laffin
said that as of Wednesday, the school had no clear idea how long the
system had been vulnerable. Officials say they have no evidence that
anyone had used the personal information.

The affected computers had personal information for people who got
graduate degrees from the Tepper School of Business from 1997 to 2004.

The computers also contained data on the school's current graduate
students, doctoral applicants from 2003 to 2005, applicants to the
Masters of Business Administration program from September 2002 to May
2004 and administrative employees.

Information about undergraduate students and professors was not
compromised, the school said.




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