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Analysis Reveals No Security Breach, No Personal Data Exposed At CU-Boulder

Via The University of Colorado at Boulder.

The University of Colorado at Boulder today announced that a forensic analysis of a computer suspected to have been compromised last week revealed no malicious software, and no exposure of student and staff private data.

"The analysis by our staff, working closely with the consulting firm of Applied Trust Engineering, revealed an interaction between two incompatible software programs that mimicked behavior consistent with malicious software," said Dan Jones director of IT Security at CU-Boulder.

"The functioning of the computers led us to initiate our data breach protocol, which includes providing notice to the community of a potential threat of identity theft," Jones said.

Dennis Maloney, chief technology officer for CU-Boulder, said, "While the data was not compromised, this incident still reinforces the need to continue to constantly improve IT security at CU. We also intend to share our discovery of the software incompatibilities with our colleagues."

posted by Fergie @ 5/01/2008 06:51:00 PM