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April 28, 2008, 08:59 AM ET
Hacker Is Able to View Private Data at Southern Connecticut State U.
Shortly after warning students that their personal information — stored on a laptop — may have fallen into the wrong hands, Southern Connecticut State University is grappling with yet another, apparently unrelated security breach.
A hacker gained access to a university Web server containing 11,000 names linked to Social Security numbers, and other personal data. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s attorney general, sent a letter last week to Michael J. Hogan, president of the University of Connecticut, describing the breach and advising him that the many campuses he oversees should be vigilant about their storage, use, and disposal of confidential data.
Mr. Blumenthal said it was unclear what the motive was for the hacking. He said Southern Connecticut State was providing those affected by the incident with two years of credit-monitoring services, and paying for them to freeze their credit reports.—-Andrea L. Foster
Categories: Security
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