[Dataloss] Northwestern University -- 17K names and SSNs, 9 p0wned desktops, updated
Chris Walsh
cwalsh at cwalsh.org
Sun Jul 16 12:00:47 EDT 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060714nu-hacked,1,5329380.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Additional info from the above: breach discovered two months ago. Boxes immediately disconnected etc.
Breach occurred "after troubleshooting software, which allows technical support staff to access computers remotely, was installed on the computers.".
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