[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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