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2011 — University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: On May 25, University technology staff learned that…

2011 79.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

On May 25, University technology staff learned that unauthorized individuals had installed computer viruses on a University server.  It housed a software system for managing confidential information.  The names and Social Security numbers or people associated with the University could have been exposed.  There was no evidence that unauthorized parties had attempted to download the confidential information.

Root cause

Hacking

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