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Identity Theft from University Computers

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-trust-anyone dept.

Different River writes "Someone broke into the administrative computers at George Mason University and accessed personal information, including social security numbers, of 30,000 students, faculty, and staff. "Before the hacking, the university was in the process of replacing students' Social Security numbers with other internal numbers to protect against identity theft." Looks like they just missed it."

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Before the hacking, the university was in the process of replacing students' Social Security numbers with other internal numbers to protect against identity theft." Looks like they just missed it."

    That would've been a lot funnier if you'd said "... Looks like they just failed it", implying that they weren't fast enough.

    BTW: FP?

  2. There is no such thing as identity "theft". by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If someone pretends to be you, did you cease to become you? No? Well there you have it. Just like copying a song doesn't steal a thing, someone using your SSN does not deprive you physically of anything you own. You still have it. So stop bitching about this "theft", it doesn't exist.