[Dataloss] follow-up: School hires new head of technology after data thefts (fwd)

[security curmudgeon]

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http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16859941.htm

Associated Press
Mar. 08, 2007

ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio University hired a new technology chief who will be in 
charge of computer systems that hackers once breached, compromising 
personal information of alumni, students and staff.

The university announced Wednesday that Brice Bible, 45, will become chief 
information officer April 16. He currently is interim chief information 
officer and assistant vice president for information technology at the 
University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Bible will take over for OU's interim technology chief, Shawn Ostermann. 
He held the job while the university searched for a permanent replacement 
for Bill Sams, who stepped down last year.

The university last April discovered breaches in four computer systems, 
exposing about 367,000 files containing Social Security numbers, names, 
medical records and home addresses. The university later revised those 
numbers, stating that about 173,000 people's files were affected.

The school fired two administrators over the electronic break-ins and 
spent millions to upgrade computer security. There have been no proven 
cases of identity theft or fraud linked to the data thefts, university 
officials have said.

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