[Dataloss] IN: College reports computer security breach

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http://www.goshennews.com/local/local_story_132001116.html

>From May 5 to 7, a Goshen College computer was remotely accessed by a 
"hacker" with the suspected motivation of using the system to send spam 
e-mails, Goshen College officials said Friday.

The improper access involved a database containing information on about 
7,300 current or prospective students, from fall 2003 to the present, as 
well as some of their parents.

The breach of the college's computer security systems may have allowed a 
hacker to view the names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers 
and phone numbers of students and some information on some parents.

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