Looks like another university hack. Actually, I am pretty surprised we don’t see more of these kinds of stories since university networks are some of the most insecure networks in the world. There are many factors as to why universities have the most insecure networks; lack of security knowledge, lack of funding, ignorance, etc. Unfortunately, all of these factors can have huge repercussions to anyone who has ever been involved with that particular university. In the end, while I am all for higher education, I really hate the thought that all my personal information is being stored on an insecure network.

The names and Social Security numbers of thousands of students at the University of Colorado Boulder have been exposed by a computer hacker, the university announced Tuesday.

A school official in Boulder say a computer worm attacked a computer server used by the College of Arts and Sciences. The hacker was then able to have access to the vital information for 45,000 students who were enrolled at CU Boulder from 2002 to the present.IT security investigators said they do not believe the hacker who launched the worm was looking for personal data, but rather was attempting to take control of the machine to allow it to infiltrate other computers both on and off campus.[more]

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