2006 — University of California Berkeley: During an investigation of a computer virus, it was…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
During an investigation of a computer virus, it was discovered that computers within an office may have been accessed without authorization from within the campus network. Student, faculty and staff names and Social Security numbers were on archived spreadsheets. The spreadsheets contained the personal information of people who requested campus cards between 1998 and 2004.
Root cause
Hacking