November 22, 2016 By Pierluigi Paganini
“Michigan State University has confirmed that on Nov. 13 an unauthorized party gained access to a university server containing certain sensitive data.
The database, which contained about 400,000 records, included names, social security numbers and MSU identification numbers of some current and former students and employees. It did not contain passwords or financial, academic, contact or health information.” reported the Michigan State University.
Of those records, 449 were confirmed to be accessed by the unauthorized party. The affected database was taken offline within 24 hours of the unauthorized access.”
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Michigan State University Data Breach, 400,000 Records Exposed
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Now..... you'd think the college would have security measures implemented to protect these servers from unauthorized access.
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If it not hospitals then it is educational & academic institutions in the firing line...and why? Most likely a lack of awareness that malware is non discriminatory, not enough focus on the key area of cyber security because the money is 'better' spent elsewhere, etc....when will they learn? :@
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