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Network Compromise at University of Virginia Goes Undetected for Two Years

Iain Thomson writes on vnunet.com:

Faculty members at the University of Virginia have had their personal records hacked, including salary details and social security numbers.

The hack, which is believed to have gone undetected for two years, netted details on over 6,000 staff who had taught at the university from 1990 to August 2003.

The hacker defaced a web page on the university's portal and when IT staff cleaned up they found evidence of the attack.

"We sincerely regret the distress this causes to our colleagues," said James Hilton, vice president and chief information officer at the University of Virginia.

"This theft adds greater urgency to our ongoing effort to remove Social Security numbers and other personal information from databases that could be accessed through the internet and potentially abused."

posted by Fergie @ 6/14/2007 08:15:00 AM