Hackers Get Data of U.S. Federal Lab Visitors

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Daily News.

[snip]

he Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed on Thursday that a "sophisticated
cyber attack" over the last few weeks may have allowed personal information
about thousands of lab visitors to be stolen.

The assault appeared "to be part of a coordinated attempt to gain access to
computer networks at numerous laboratories and other institutions across
the country," lab director Thom Mason said in a memo to the 4,200 employees
at the Department of Energy facility.

Oak Ridge officials would not identify the other institutions affected by
the breach. But they said hackers may have infiltrated a database of names,
Social Security numbers and birth dates of every lab visitor between 1990
and 2004.

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More:
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2007/12/06/ap/hitech/d8tc7k582.txt

- - ferg

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