Ferris State security breach: Personal information for 39, 000 could be compromised

[Lee J <lee () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/C4/20130815/NEWS06/308150150/

*BIG RAPIDS* — — Ferris State University says personal information for
approximately 39,000 people may have been compromised when someone slipped
past the university’s security network.

FSU officials learned about the security breach on July 23. FSU chief
technology officer John Urbanick said administrators immediately shut down
the server and hired a national computer forensic firm to investigate the
incident and set up safeguards.

Urbanick said the company didn’t find any evidence that the hacker viewed
or removed any information, and there haven’t been any reports of identity
theft so far.

University officials mailed letters to potential victims Wednesday. They
include 19,000 current, former and prospective students with a student
identification number. Those numbers may be changed by visiting Ferris
State's website <http://www.ferris.edu/>.

FSU is offering one year of free credit monitoring to address concerns. The
university also has set up a call center for help, which is open Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The toll free number is 877-283-6566.

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