[BLUG] The "security breach"

[great shamer]

Hi all,

I arrived home from work today (it is tax season after all) and found a 
letter from IU in the mailbox.  We were expecting a refund check...that 
isn't quite what came.  A quote:

"We need to inform you that because of a security breach, your name and ID 
number were downloaded from a departmental computer in the Office of the 
Bursar by unknown and unauthorized individuals.  System log entries indicate 
that this information was transferred to various Internet sites.  Therefore, 
it is possible that the information remains accessible to unauthorized 
individuals."

"The University's computer security experts were notified as soon as we 
became aware of the problem.  They have examined the computer and made 
recommendations; based on those recommendation, we have taken steps to 
significantly increase the level of security on theis computer."

Does anyone know how extensive the crack was?  Was it all students, just 
certain campuses, or did it include anything other than names and social 
security numbers?  Surely one could be cynical.

Until Thursday,
Ethan


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