The University of Missouri recently said to have been victimized by a computer hack, which disclosed more than 22,000 Social Security numbers of students at the University, both existing and earlier. The numbers had been compiled for a report. They were after that made accessible via a Web site using the University’s help desk, as the data was not washed out of the network after completing compilation.
It is the 2nd hack on the University of Missouri this year. During January, both Social Security numbers and student passwords had been pilfered. The present attack is under the investigation of the FBI. Campus IT people spotted the attack on Friday, when the hacker exploited a hole in a campus web site that is utilized to question regarding the status of trouble reports to the university’s PC help desk.
The attacks came about between 5:26 a.m. Thursday and 9:34 a.m. Friday, and were marked out to IP addresses positioned in China and Australia.
