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Stanford Hack Exposes 10,000

Gregg Keizer writes on TechWeb News:

The FBI is investigating a security breach at Stanford University that may have resulted in the theft of nearly 10,000 identities stored in its Career Development Center computer system, university officials said Wednesday.

The hack, which took place May 11, exposed some 9,600 clients and 300 recruiters who had used the school's job placement department since 1995, said Debra Zumwalt, Stanford's general counsel, in a statement. The exposed records contained information such as the clients' names, resumes, and Social Security numbers.

The university said that no client records included financial data that could be immediately exploited, such as credit card or bank account numbers. Recruiters' records, however, could have included credit card data.

posted by Fergie @ 5/25/2005 04:55:00 PM