Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Incident: More hacking of university computers containing personal information

Here we go again!

Yahoo! News - Hacker Breaches Security Of 2 UCSD Computers:

"A hacker breached the security of two University of California San Diego computers that stored the names and Social Security (news - web sites) numbers of about 3,500 students and alumni of UCSD Extension.

The breach, which left the personal information exposed for as long as a couple of days, is the third such incident at UCSD in the past year, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.

University officials said there is no evidence of identity theft. An investigation showed the hacker was using the servers to store music and movies, UCSD spokeswoman Dolores Davies told the newspaper.

The breach was discovered in mid-November and those who were affected were mailed notification letters the first week of January, the newspaper reported...."

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