Hacker accesses University of Florida server
An unauthorized intruder accessed a University of Florida College of Dentistry computer server containing personal information of current and former dental patients.
How many victims? 344,000
What type of personal information? Names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and dental procedure information for patients dating back to 1990.
What was the response? FBI and University Police officers are investigating the security breach. After it was discovered, the server was disconnected from the Internet to cut off the intruder’s access. Letters were mailed to 336,234 breach victims; the university is trying to locate the mailing addresses for nearly 8,250 others. A hotline was established for patient inquiries. UF officials are in the process of screening up to 60,000 more computers to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.
Details: The server was being upgraded when staff found software had been remotely installed on it.
Source: Ocala.com, Star-Banner, “Hacker accesses 344,000 UF dental patient records,” Nov. 12, 2008.
Why do they have sysadmins if this is going to happen?
i was one of the 336,000 people and they are treating me like this is my fault. they tell me i have to pay for credit checkes and credit freezes. i gave them my info because they said they can protect it. i guess they couldnt.
THIS IS THIER FAULT…. if they couldnt protect my information they shouldnt of kept it
It’s getting ridiculous, the amount of thefts from college campuses. I’m certainly guarding my precious MacBook like a hawk.
Thanks for sharing this information.University of Florida has a serious problem with people breaching their security system ,Submitting your social security number to a University that obviously it should be handle by scare out of everyone.