FL: Foreign hacker accessed UF student, employee records

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090219/ARTICLES/902190953/0/NEWS04

A foreign hacker gained access to a University of Florida computer system 
containing the personal information of more than 97,200 students, faculty 
and staff, UF announced Thursday.

The files included the names and Social Security numbers of individuals 
who used UF's Grove computer system since 1996. A hacker in the Caribbean 
nation of Antigua and Barbuda accessed the system Dec. 22 and exploited a 
security hole, according to a UF police report.

An information technology staff member discovered the breach Jan. 14 
during a review of computer systems. UF sent notification letters Tuesday 
to most individuals with information on the system, but was unable to find 
addresses for about 5,000 of them.

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