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[privacy] Computer Hacker Gains Access To University of Colorado Students' Perso nal Info
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:35:34 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via TheDenverChannel.com (props, attrition.org). [snip] The names and Social Security numbers of thousands of students at the University of Colorado Boulder have been exposed by a computer hacker, the university announced Tuesday. A school official in Boulder say a computer worm attacked a computer server used by the College of Arts and Sciences. The hacker was then able to have access to the vital information for 45,000 students who were enrolled at CU Boulder from 2002 to the present. IT security investigators said they do not believe the hacker who launched the worm was looking for personal data, but rather was attempting to take control of the machine to allow it to infiltrate other computers both on-and-off campus. CU said a series of human and technical problems led to the security breach. All students whose information was exposed are being notified by letters sent to their homes. The hack was discovered May 12. IT security investigators said that the worm entered the server through a vulnerability in its Symantec anti-virus software, which had not been properly patched by Arts and Sciences Advising Center IT staff. [snip] More: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/13366476/detail.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.1 (Build 1012) wj8DBQFGUzf0q1pz9mNUZTMRAm42AJ0RJyHvOo5SjM7MCHmx4ZLOSYHoAQCgvxDf +tsG/gHSatgOoBN56RyFhrs= =jrpI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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