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Going back to school on security

February 13, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, institution, back-to-school, data security, university, student, person, USB flash drive, security, hard drive

California university reports data hack

March 18, 2005 CSU-Chico has informed more than 59,000 people that their personal data may have been compromised in an attack on the school's servers. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, student, California, server

Ohio University suffers security breaches

May 12, 2006 Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private info belonging to students and faculty. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, university, school, student, health, security, server

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, security breach, university, staff, personal information, database, student, security

Boston College reveals alumni data breach

March 17, 2005 School alerts more than 100,000 former students of an attack on a database that holds records used for fund raising. TAGS: alumni, social security number, Social Security, college, school, incident, attack, student, virus, database

Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university

January 10, 2005 Thousands of students, faculty and staff at George Mason University have personal information downloaded by online intruders in a major security breach. TAGS: faculty, social security number, identity fraud, Virginia, Social Security, university, intruder, ID card, student, personal information, hacker, staff, server, security, e-mail

Police blotter: Texas student guilty in SSN hack

February 2, 2007 Former UT computer science student appeals conviction for writing program to guess Social Security numbers. TAGS: restitution, Police Blotter, Java program, conviction, Computer Fraud, student, social security number, Social Security, Texas, computer science, Java, password, database

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