2005 — Indiana University: A hacker may have accessed the names, Social…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
A hacker may have accessed the names, Social Security numbers and grades of students who enrolled in Introduction to Business courses between 2001 and 2005. The computer may have been hacked and installed with malware as early as August. A representative believes the breach occurred because the files were stored on a computer that did not have current anti-virus and system-protection software.
Root cause
Hacking