Missouri: MU computer attack leaves 22,000 vulnerable

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/May/20070507News054.asp

A recent attack on the University of Missouri system computer database 
allowed an unknown hacker, or several hackers, to retrieve 22,396 names 
and Social Security numbers of individuals associated with the university.

The people affected by the security breach are employees of any campus in 
the UM system during the 2004 calendar year who were also current or 
former students at the Columbia campus.

The hacker accessed the information through a Web page used to make 
queries about the status of trouble reports to the information technology 
help desk, based in Columbia.

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