[Dataloss] CO: Computer Hacker Gains Access To CU Students' Personal Info

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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/13366476/detail.html

The names and Social Security numbers of thousands of students at the 
University of Colorado Boulder have been exposed by a computer hacker, the 
university announced Tuesday.

A school official in Boulder say a computer worm attacked a computer 
server used by the College of Arts and Sciences. The hacker was then able 
to have access to the vital information for 45,000 students who were 
enrolled at CU Boulder from 2002 to the present.

IT security investigators said they do not believe the hacker who launched 
the worm was looking for personal data, but rather was attempting to take 
control of the machine to allow it to infiltrate other computers both 
on-and-off campus.

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