An unknown number of hackers broke intoUC Berkeley‘s database and were capable to get at the personal and health data of over 160,000 students and former student . They ’re still at prominent .
The object of the attack seems to have been the trove ofsocial security number , around 97,000 of which were stolen . SSNs can be used to get at banking company accounts , open course credit cards , and even have novel driver ’s licenses printed . The original hacking took place a calendar month ago , from around April 6th to the 9th , and the university was only capable to make their students ( and former students ; the accessed data file go back to 1999 ) aware of the infiltration on the 21st .
FBI and other police have been notified and are inquire the crime , but we ’re not aware of any Pb . The interruption - in was only discovered thanks to a sorting of “ signature ” left by one of the cyber-terrorist , so they may be too sneaky to have left a lead that can be follow . allow ’s hope they ’re dumber than they appear . The schoolhouse has gear up up a site ( here ) to update the public with more information as it come in . [ AP ]
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