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Decade-Long Virus Infection Discovered
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:44:26 -0600 (CST)
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=4418 By Jeffrey Roman Bank Info Security January 19, 2012Recently discovered viruses, consisting of Trojans and other malware, at City College of San Francisco have stolen personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators, says John Rizzo, president of the board of trustees.
The college first noticed the infection in late November, when the IT department saw gaps in the data logs of a server located in the Phelan Avenue campus computer lab. Further investigation revealed that the viruses had existed in the college's systems since 1999, Rizzo confirms.
During the investigation, the college's IT department saw transmissions being sent to Russia and China, as well as other countries, Rizzo says.
The college has 100,000 students and 3,000 employees. So far, there's been one confirmed instance of personal banking information recorded by a virus, he says. "We're looking at the ... central database to see if anything was taken from there," he adds.
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