Spamming Worm Gets Into Cal Poly Computers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The San Luis Obispo Tribune.

[snip]

Cal Poly is notifying nearly 7,000 former and current students that
their names and Social Security numbers were on a computer system
recently breached by a worm, a program similar to a virus.

The computer system, used in conjunction with the campus telephone
billing system, contained personal information on students who lived in
Cal Poly’s residence halls and had a campus telephone account between
2001 and 2005. Students who lived on campus but didn’t have a telephone
account aren’t affected.

University officials do not believe any personal information was accessed.

Still, concerned students can put a fraud alert on their credit
reports, according to a letter sent out to the 6,919 students.

This is the sixth case in less than two years in which information
about Cal Poly students was exposed. It also has affected the biggest
number of students.

[snip]

More:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/15804627.htm

- ferg


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