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Subject: [ISN] Ohio State Says Hackers Breached Data on 760,000
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2010-12-17 7:17:05
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.1012170116570.7965 () conundrum ! infosecnews ! org
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/education/17colleges.html
By TAMAR LEWIN
The New York Times
December 16, 2010
Ohio State University is notifying about 760,000 people whose personal
information was stored in the university's computer server that a data
breach could put them at risk for identity theft.
The university, located in Columbus, began sending letters on Wednesday
to current and former faculty and staff members, students and
applicants, telling them that hackers had broken into the server that
stored their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and
addresses.
The university said that although there was no evidence that the
information had been used for identity theft, it was nonetheless
offering a year of free credit protection to everyone whose data was on
the server.
"We regret that this has occurred and are exercising an abundance of
caution in choosing to notify those affected," Joseph A. Alutto, the
university provost, said in a news release.
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