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<font size=3>What part of "DON'T USE PRODUCTION DATA" do they
<i>not</i> understand? Sheesh!<br><br>
At 09:40 9/17/2006, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Complications from a computer
software upgrade caused a security <br>
breach that left loan borrowers' private information, such as their <br>
Social Security numbers, unprotected online.<br><br>
The problem occurred from the evening of Aug. 20 to the morning of <br>
Aug. 22 on the Web site of Direct Loans. Direct Loans is part of the
<br>
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program within the Dept. of <br>
Education and Federal Student Aid.<br><br>
Anyone who used the Web site and performed the same transaction at <br>
the same time in the same part of the system as another user could <br>
have had his or her data exposed, Bushman said.<br><br>
... She estimated that 21,000 accounts of the more than six million
<br>
on the system could have been affected. All those potentially <br>
affected already would have been notified, she said.<br><br>
[...]<br><br>
<a href="http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060917/NEWS01/609170310/1079/NEWS01" eudora="autourl">
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060917/NEWS01/609170310/1079/NEWS01</a>
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