Thursday, August 11, 2005

Incident: University Of Utah Computer Server Hacked; Identities Compromised

Oh my. Yet another university security/privacy incident:

ABC 4 - University Of Utah Computer Server Hacked; Identities Compromised.

(ABC 4 News/U of U) -- The University of Utah announced Tuesday its computer server has been compromised by an unknown outside source, ultimately leading to unauthorized access of the server, according to the University of Utah Office of Information Technology.

The server contained library archival databases including a file with approximately 100,000 names and social security numbers of former University employees. The database included information used as an index for archives for paper employee files from 1970 to 2003...."

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