osu computer system hacked

[jimotis4heisman]

http://dispatch.com/dispatch/conten...17/osubreach.ART_ART_04-17-07_D1_106DHQU.html

Hacker, thieves get OSU ID data
About 14,000 faculty and staff and 3,500 students affected
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:30 AM
By Bill Bush


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

A hacker broke into an Ohio State University computer two weekends ago and stole the names, Social Security numbers, employee ID numbers and birth dates of more than 14,000 current and former faculty and staff members, the university said yesterday. And in a separate incident, the same information about 3,500 OSU chemistry students dating back a decade -- including Social Security numbers and grades -- were on two laptops stolen from the home of a professor in late February, the university said.
Ohio State apologized in letters sent Saturday to the staff members and students whose information was stolen, university spokesman Jim Lynch said yesterday. Those affected will be offered a year of free credit protection from a private company to help them guard against the criminal misuse of their identities, he said.



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[scooter1369]

http://dispatch.com/dispatch/conten...17/osubreach.ART_ART_04-17-07_D1_106DHQU.html

I haven't received a letter yet....

 

[gregorylee]

That is because I haven't reached your credit limit...

 

[jimotis4heisman]

I haven't received a letter yet....

thats why i decided to throw it up there. so if you are one of the possible victims you can keep your eye out for funny stuff that may be going on.

 

[scooter1369]

thats why i decided to throw it up there. so if you are one of the possible victims you can keep your eye out for funny stuff that may be going on.

Thanks a bunch jo

 

[CleveBucks]

Great day to announce this news... it'll fall straight to page 5 behind all the VT stuff.... hmmm

 

[BB73]

thelantern

OSU personal info stolen
by Mary Dannemiller

Ohio State announced Monday the personal data, including Social Security numbers, of more than 14,000 current and former faculty and staff members was stolen from a database in the university's Office of Research.

An unidentified hacker stole names, employee ID numbers, birth dates and Social Security numbers the weekend of March 31 to April 1, said university spokesman Jim Lynch.

An additional 3,500 current and former chemistry students had their names, Social Security numbers and grades stolen in late February when two laptop computers containing the information were stolen from professor Robert Coleman's home, according to a press release.

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[ORD_Buckeye]

Oh well, it'll just give OU a reason to fuel their delusions of no difference between Ohio State and OU.

 

[sandgk]

As one of my dart league buddies (then heading up the fledgling CERT @ CMU) was prone to say -

There is no such thing as a fully secure networked computer system - some are just more difficult to crack than others.