North Carolina College Computer Hacked Exposing 51,000 Records
Written on December 16, 2009 – 4:04 am | by admin
A hacker accessed a computer server for North Carolina Community Colleges that contained the personal information of nearly 51,000 people. This included driver’s license and Social Security numbers.
College officials said Tuesday that they were notifying the 51,000 individuals from 25 campuses that they were victims of the security breach.
Officials said they discovered in August that a hacker had gained access to the server. The hacker remotely decoded a user password for the server housed in a Raleigh office. The breach was detected during a routine check.
Officials say the server had driver’s license numbers stored for library patrons at 18 campuses. For 12 campuses it also had Social Security numbers stored. The information was collected to help identify library users.
“We regret this situation has occurred, and we apologize to those with information on the server,” Dr. Saundra Williams, a senior vice president with the community college system, said in a statement. “Our colleges and our system office are making every effort to ensure that personal information is permanently removed from our records.”
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