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Report: Hackers Break Into UCSD Server |
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Saturday, 02 July 2005 |
SAN DIEGO -- The confidential information of 3,300 UC San Diego students, staff and faculty was compromised by hackers who broke into a university server, it was reported Friday.
This was the fourth reported hacking into UCSD computers since April of last year, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The people affected had attended or worked at UCSD Extension in the past five years. The computers hacked into stored Social Security, drivers license and credit card numbers, the newspaper reported.
The university mailed letters to the victims Thursday about the hacking, which happened in April, the newspaper reported.
University officials told the newspaper it took two months to publicize the incident because of the "time-consuming" process of determining the scope of the problem.
"The reality is that whole ... process is cumbersome and takes time," UCSD spokeswoman Dolores Davies told the newspaper.
The university believes the hackers planned to use the server for illegal file sharing of stored movie or music files, the newspaper reported.
The university does not have evidence that the personal information on the server was viewed or used for identity theft, the newspaper reported. |