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Hacker Hits University of Missouri Database

Terry Ganey writes on ColumbiaTribune.com:

A hacker broke into a University of Missouri system computer server last month and might have gained access to personal information, including Social Security numbers, of 1,220 researchers on four campuses.

The passwords used for the system by more than 2,500 people might have been compromised as well. The university has sent e-mails and registered letters to everyone affected.

The compromised computer is the university’s Research Board Grant Application System. Technicians have not identified the hacker, but an internal inquiry is under way to find the culprit’s "footprints."

posted by Fergie @ 2/02/2007 07:28:00 PM