The University of Connecticut has sent e-mail messages to thousands of students, faculty members, and staff members who might have had their Social Security numbers exposed in yet another college hacking incident. About 72,000 names and other private data were accessible to a hacker who broke into a computer server two years ago, Connecticut officials said. They discovered the incident only last week but said they believe that none of the information was stolen. Nonetheless, as a precaution they are notifying anyone with a university account. (Associated Press)
For more information on what colleges are doing to protect data stored on their computers, see an article from The Chronicle by Dan Carnevale.
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