The target this time: Ohio State University. The amount stolen: 14,000 identities. This includes both sensitive information from current students as well as alumni and faculty. The sad thing is there will probably be a lot more articles like this as time progresses because of the lack of security in college and university networks.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Someone hacked into an Ohio State University computer and stole the personal information of more than 14,000 current and former faculty and staff members, the school said.

The hacker breached a computer firewall the weekend of March 31 and accessed records from an Office of Research database, university spokesman Jim Lynch said Monday.

The records of 7,160 former and 6,934 current faculty and staff members contained names, Social Security numbers, employee ID numbers and birth dates, the university said. [more]

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