Illinois university hit with security breach

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Strike 2....

Large Universities are the new target for computer hackers and quite frankly I am surprised it's taken so long. The amount of information that Universities collect is extraordinary. Just to apply to a University you must give them your Social Security number and other personal information, so who knows if all those applicants are also stored within the schools database. When you mix that with the often out of date securtiy practices it seems odd that only a few schools have reported intrusion.

At the same time, I am just a surprised that after being hacked a number of years ago, W. Illinois does not seem to take the necessary precautions to avoid it from happening again. They need to fix this headache all their alumni probably have and solve this data security problem. There are a number of simple ways to protect your personal information, here are a few choices...
http://www.essentialsecurity.com/Documents/article16.htm

Posted by: Nathank@...   Posted on: 07/06/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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