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From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:17:35 +0000 (UTC)


http://wvbr.com/news/663

Students React to Cornell Security Breach
Most Frustrated, Some More Nonchalant, None Happy

Students who had their social security numbers stolen during a security 
breach at Cornell University are not taking the news lightly.

Facebook news feeds and Twitter accounts have been buzzing with 
acknowledgments of their social security numbers being stolen. Some have 
just addressed their frustration, saying "Big Red Fail" or "WTF Cornell!?" 
Some are offering links to credit protection sites. Even a few have been 
explicit, using graphic language and threatening acts of vandalism against 
the University.

Many students have expressed outrage at the event.

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