[privacy] University of Missouri Computer Attack Leaves 22, 000 Vulnerable

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

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Via The Columbia Tribune (props, attrition.org).

[snip]

A recent attack on the University of Missouri system computer database
allowed an unknown hacker, or several hackers, to retrieve 22,396 names and
Social Security numbers of individuals associated with the university.

he people affected by the security breach are employees of any campus in
the UM system during the 2004 calendar year who were also current or former
students at the Columbia campus.

The hacker accessed the information through a Web page used to make queries
about the status of trouble reports to the information technology help
desk, based in Columbia.

According to the university, the information from 2004 had been compiled
for a report and the resulting data was not removed from the computer
system. The information has been removed since the attack was discovered
late last week.

[snip]

More:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/May/20070507News054.asp

- - ferg

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