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Hackers Break into Northwestern University Computers

An AP newswire article, via The Chicago Sun-Times, reports that:

Northwestern University officials are trying to contact about 17,000 students and applicants to the school after discovering hackers broke into nine desktop computers on campus that contained personal information, the school said Friday.

There is no indication the hackers who breached the computers in the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid in May gained access to the personal information or even were aware that the computers contained Social Security numbers, addresses and other information, according to Chuck Loebbaka, the school's director of media relations.

But as a precaution, the university is trying to contact, via e-mail or letters, affected undergraduates, graduate students and applicants, Loebbaka said.

posted by Fergie @ 7/15/2006 12:26:00 AM