[Dataloss] CU-Boulder Reports Security Breach

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http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2006/437.html

University of Colorado at Boulder officials today announced that a server 
in the campus's Academic Advising Center was the subject of a computer 
attack.

CU-Boulder officials said they had begun the process of notifying 17,500 
individuals that their personal information - including names and Social 
Security numbers - might have been exposed in the attack. CU-Boulder 
officials are continuing to determine the extent of information exposed.

Employees with CU-Boulder's Information Technology Services office 
discovered the attack on Dec. 8 and, following CU guidelines, began an 
investigation to determine how the system compromise occurred.

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