For the second time this year, hackers have victimized the University of Missouri. The names and Social Security numbers of 22,396 current or former students who were employed by UM during 2004 may have been compromised, according to university officials. The hacker or hackers reportedly gained access to the personal information via a 2004 Web page set up by the IT help desk. The IT staff noticed unusual activity on a computer application on May 3, and confirmed the next day that an attack had taken place.
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University of Missouri Burned in Second Hack Attack
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 9, 2007 03:10 PMFor the second time this year, hackers have victimized the University of Missouri. The names and Social Security numbers of 22,396 current or former students who were employed by UM during 2004 may have been compromised, according to university officials. The hacker or hackers reportedly gained access to the personal information via a 2004 Web page set up by the IT help desk. The IT staff noticed unusual activity on a computer application on May 3, and confirmed the next day that an attack had taken place.