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Bad year for San Diego Universities so far
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 19:44:30 -0400
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 19:32:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Crawford <joe () artlung com> Subject: Bad year for San Diego Universities so far X-X-Sender: artlung () dyyme pair com To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Dave, my hometown San Diego Universites are not having a good year, this was just in March, across town at San Diego State: http://security.sdsu.edu/2004-02-01/info.html Computer Security Incident While investigating a computer server sending spam e-mail messages, the Information Technology Security Office at San Diego State University discovered computer intruders had circumvented departmental server security and gained illegal access to a file server in the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. The initial investigation revealed that the intruders had used the server for file transfers (including MP3 music files) in addition to sending spam e-mail. The illegal entry also gave the intruders the opportunity to view various Financial Aid reports stored on this server. The compromised server was not the Financial Aid database, which means the intruders did not have access to aid application or award data. However, some of the reports and files stored on this system included the names and Social Security numbers for more than 178,000 individuals. --- No word on whether USD or our local community colleges have had breaches yet. - Joe Crawford -- Joe "ArtLung" Crawford AIM:artlung Phone:619-516-4550 LAMP Host Evangelist, Web Designer, Web Developer, WebSanDiego.org List Guy http://joecrawford.com/ http://lamphost.net/ http://artlung.com/ http://artlung.com/blog/ http://sandiegobloggers.com/ http://sandiegoblog.com/ http://websandiego.org/ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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