[ISN] Security Breach Hits Wisconsin University Server Storing Student, Faculty SSNs

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Security-Breach-Hits-Wisconsin-University-Server-with-Student-Faculty-SSNs-842032/

By Fahmida Y. Rashid
eWEEK.com
2011-08-11

University of Wisconsin reported malware was found on a server that stored the 
names and Social Security numbers of 75,000 students and faculty members.

Former and current faculty and students at the University of 
Wisconsin-Milwaukee may have had their Social Security numbers exposed by 
malware.

Malware planted on a document-management database server may have exposed 
75,000 student and staff Social Security numbers and names, the University of 
Wisconsin-Milwaukee said Aug. 10. Considering the amount of critical research 
data stored on the server, the malware was most likely after research data and 
not personal information, said Tom Luljak, the university vice chancellor.

It's unknown how long the back-door malware was lurking undetected on the 
server, used by many departments to store research data and details about 
current and past cutting-edge research projects, but officials guessed it was 
for a "short period of time."

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