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UT Austin Hit By Massive Security Breach

Posted by timothy on from the wonder-if-they-got-mine dept.

mrpuffypants writes "Reported in the Austin-American Statesman: The University of Texas' security was compromised over the weekend, leaking out nearly 60,000 records on students, staff, and faculty. Official word from the school can be found here. Most troubling of all is that, like most schools, UT still uses SSNs for student ID numbers, and that was part of the information taken from them in the attack."

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  1. 1 1 11 11 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1 1 1 1 1111 1111 111 1 1 1111 1 1 1 1111111 111 1 1 11 11 11 11

  2. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Being a subscriber helps!

  3. first post by tlahoda · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just so someone else doesn't get it

    1. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      but i did. it was easy.

  4. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the Soviet Union.. they breach YOU!!

  5. frist spot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frost spit

  6. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  7. Ouch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thats gotta suck, btw FIRST POST!!

  8. Obligatory King of the Hill reference by L.+VeGas · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You stupid hillbillies!
    Bwaaa haa haa...

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  9. Re:just an aggie reading the news... by Milican · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Awesome. Thats great to hear! Glad things have changed since I got there in '95. Guess I shoulda checked with my younger buds first. Thanks for the update.

    JOhn

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