East Washington University Computer Breach 130,000 Affected
December 31, 2009130,000 students, current and former, at Eastern Washington University will be notified about a potential data breach involving their names, births of date, and Social Security numbers.
According to the seattlepi.com, it’s unknown whether actual risks stem from the breach, although the potential is there (and, hence, the breach notification letters).
The breach was discovered in December in an unsecured system with a database that went as far back as 1987.
It appears that hackers were storing video on the system (for distribution? I guess kind of like a P2P node?).
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