Whopping-Big Data Theft At U.C. Berkeley

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 20, 2004 @01:37AM from the what-pleasant-fellows dept.

aceta writes "An intruder penetrated a research computer at U.C. Berkeley in August and had access to names, social security numbers and other data for 1.4 million Californians participating in a state social program. CNET calls it the worst intrusion U.C. Berkeley has experienced. SecurityFocus additional details: the hacker used a known vulnerability, and state officials have yanked the university's research access to the data because of the breach. The victims were all receiving or providing at-home care under a state program to help the elderly and disabled. The FBI is investigating."

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Berkeley, khmm... by mi · 2004-10-20 01:58 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Had it been the Bob Jones University or some other ubber-conservative school, we'd never hear the end of conspiracy theories viz. rights-trampling and spying on fellow citizens (not that there was anything in there unknown to the government yet).
Let's see, how it plays out for this ubber-liberal establishment.

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Re:Another blow to Reichsmarshall Ashcroft's regim by CXI · 2004-10-20 02:41 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Just remember that it was a liberal social program that gathered all that data together in the first place and gave it to the university.