[Dataloss] CA: Criminal Probe Launched Into Computer Hacking of Vet School Admissions Info

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http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8225

A criminal investigation into the apparent hacking and misuse of 
computerized veterinary medical school admissions records has been 
launched by the University of California, Davis, Police Department, in 
cooperation with the Sacramento Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force.

On June 15, the university determined that its computer-security 
safeguards had been breached and someone had gained access to the personal 
information of an estimated 1,120 applicants to the School of Veterinary 
Medicine for the 2007-2008 school year, including 131 accepted students. 
The hacker had accessed information including the applicants' names, birth 
dates and, in most cases, Social Security numbers.

The security breach became apparent when applicants who had recently been 
admitted to the School of Veterinary Medicine attempted to set up campus 
computer accounts and were notified that accounts had already been 
established in their names. Further investigation revealed that the 
records of 375 veterinary medical school applicants for the 2004-2005 
school year -- seven of them admitted students -- also might have been 
illegally accessed.

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