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BC Warns its Alumni of Possible ID Theft After Computer is Hacked

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:02:04 -0500

By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | March 17, 2005

Boston College has sent warning letters to 120,000 of its alumni,
after a computer containing their addresses and Social Security
numbers was hacked by an unknown intruder.

College officials say they have no reason to believe the intruder was
looking for personal information to steal; instead, the attacker
planted a program that would enable him to use the computer to launch
attacks on other machines. But the school is taking no chances,
because of the sensitive information stored on the computer.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/03/17/bc_warns_its_alumni_of_possible_id_theft_after_computer_is_hacked/

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