SIUE SEVIS DB incident

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Subject: [ISN] Hackers download SIUE data, police say (fwd)



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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:18:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
To: isn () attrition org
Subject: [ISN] Hackers download SIUE data, police say

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/Metro+East/A3F75AB9CA0230BB86256EEE0012DF3B?OpenDocument&Headline=Hackers+download+SIUE+data,+police+say

By Trisha Howard
Of the Post-Dispatch
08/11/2004

The names and passport information of more than 500 foreign students
at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was illegally downloaded
last week by a fellow student at the school, according to a search
warrant filed Wednesday by university police.

Greg Conroy, an SIUE spokesman, said Wednesday that three students had
been questioned Friday after university officials discovered the
security breach.

Conroy said he expected the university to seek criminal charges in the
case.

The search warrant, filed in Madison County Circuit Court, said that
the hacker downloaded the information from a special database set up
to comply with provisions of the federal Patriot Act. The data
included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and visa
information, Sgt. Marty Tieman of the SIUE Police Department said in
his affidavit.



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