[Dataloss] data breach at Dominican University IL
Henry Brown
hbrown at knology.net
Thu May 15 12:28:54 UTC 2008
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/riverforest/news/948729,RF-Security-051408-sl.article
Dominican University was working to minimize any possible damage created
by a computer security breach affecting an estimated 5,000 current and
former students even before word got out that two students had broken
into the secure files, school spokesman Jeff Kraft said last week.
The incident occurred April 18 and those whose files may have been
compromised were immediately informed in letters advising them that at
this time, Dominican has no reason to suspect the data had been misused
or that outside "hackers" were involved, Kraft said.
That letter also advised those who may have been affected to contact any
of the three credit reporting bureaus and place a fraud alert on their
accounts.
Kraft said the school first learned about the breach when one of the two
students involved "came forward and admitted accessing those files."
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