[Dataloss] Ohio U. Suspends Two Over Hackers' Theft

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Courtesy InfoSec News and WK:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/95-06202006-673296.html

The Associated Press
June 20, 2006

ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio University said Tuesday it has suspended two
information technology supervisors over recent breaches by hackers who
may have stolen 173,000 Social Security numbers from school computers.

The school did not identify the director of communications network
services - identified on the school's Web site as Thomas Reid - and
manager of Internet and systems. Both were suspended pending the
school's investigation of the breaches, five of which have happened
since March 2005.

A message was left late Tuesday at a home phone listing for Reid.

Citing results from an independent audit, the school also said
University President Roderick McDavis will ask trustees for up to $2
million to improve computer security. McDavis said he deeply regretted
the inconvenience and stress the breaches caused university employees.

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