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University Databases In the Bull's Eye
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Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:18:24 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.darkreading.com/database_security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702686 By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer DarkReading July 08, 2010 A high-profile breach announced this week at the University of Hawaii (UH) Manoa was the latest in a rash of summertime university database exposures -- and it serves as a reminder of how much work postsecondary institutions still must do to improve their data security practices. The UH Manoa breach affected approximately 53,000 students, faculty, and other customers of the university's parking facilities. It was the result of a hacker gaining entry into a server containing a database full of parking facility customer information, including social security numbers and credit card data. The education vertical has been hit by at least three other glaring database breaches at big universities across the country during the past few months, comprising: [...] _________________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit http://www.blackhat.com
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