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[follow-up] Indiana web site breach a prank?


From: Dissent <Dissent () pogowasright org>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:25:46 -0400

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/11334932/detail.html

INDIANAPOLIS -- A state Web site security breach in which thousands 
of Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were exposed may 
have been a prank by a teenager, the Indiana Office of Technology 
said Thursday.

Investigators have identified a teen they believe hacked into IN.gov 
and gained access to Social Security numbers for 71,000 health-care 
workers and credit card information of about 5,600 people and 
businesses, the office said.

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