UTSA hunts computer hacker but says no information stolen

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Officials at the University of Texas at San Antonio are searching for 
a computer hacker who jeopardized the security of records for tens of 
thousands of students and faculty members.

... The university sent out 64,000 letters Friday to those affected, 
including 53,000 current and former students and 11,000 faculty and 
staff members.


Gabler said the unauthorized access was discovered Aug. 16 during a 
routine risk assessment of the university's computer servers, which 
caught the problem before any information was taken.

"We confirmed that no data was copied, altered or taken out of the 
server," Gabler said.

[...]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA091606.02B.UTSAHACKER.2e77063.html


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