WA: Hacker may have accessed EWU student information

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

(oh, yeah... happy new year :P )

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010656865_hacker01.html

Eastern Washington University is trying to notify up to 130,000 current or 
former students whose names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth 
were on a computer network involved in a security breach.

Administrators at Eastern said Thursday there was no evidence leading them 
to believe that anyone's personal information has been compromised.

But the university is mailing notification letters to people whose 
personal data may have been exposed to allow them to take steps to protect 
themselves from potential fraud, the university said.

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