data breach at Dominican University IL

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/riverforest/news/948729,RF-Security-051408-sl.article

Dominican University was working to minimize any possible damage created 
by a computer security breach affecting an estimated 5,000 current and 
former students even before word got out that two students had broken 
into the secure files, school spokesman Jeff Kraft said last week.

The incident occurred April 18 and those whose files may have been 
compromised were immediately informed in letters advising them that at 
this time, Dominican has no reason to suspect the data had been misused 
or that outside "hackers" were involved, Kraft said.

That letter also advised those who may have been affected to contact any 
of the three credit reporting bureaus and place a fraud alert on their 
accounts.

Kraft said the school first learned about the breach when one of the two 
students involved "came forward and admitted accessing those files."

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