Computer servers containing enrollment and tuition records aren’t the only ones colleges need to guard. Officials at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise have learned that a hacker broke into the campus bookstore’s database, exposing the credit-card information for nearly 1,500 customers. Notifying those customers could be a lengthy process: The database doesn’t list contact information for any of the book buyers.



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