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University Of Connecticut Discovers Server Breach

An AP newswire article in InformationWeek reveals that:

The University of Connecticut is notifying 72,000 students, staff, and faculty as a precaution after officials found a computer-hacking program in a server at the school.

The server contains names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, and addresses for anyone with an account that allows access to the school's computer network. The personal information was not in a readable format, officials said.

University officials found the computer-hacking program this week and said it had been placed in a server at the school in 2003. They do not believe any information was compromised although there was an opportunity for someone to access it.

An e-mail was sent to all users at the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Health Center on Friday, and the university was contacting people without e-mail accounts by mail, spokeswoman Karen Grava said.

The security breach was discovered on Monday, June 20, after a university vendor reported that someone tried to access its server with an illegal password.

posted by Fergie @ 6/26/2005 07:42:00 PM