[ale] GaTech security breach SANS announcement

[Dow Hurst]

Here is an excerpt from a SANS newletter our security officer distributes:


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Georgia Tech Server Security Breached

The Georgia Institute of Technology recently discovered that intruders
accessed one of its servers a number of times in the last two months;
among the data stolen were the names, addresses and some credit card
numbers of about 57,000 patrons of the university's Ferst Center for
the Arts.  School officials have e-mailed those affected by the breach.
The server was not protected by a firewall.  The Georgia Bureau of
Investigations and the FBI are investigating.
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Anyone local here in Atlanta that bought tickets might want to get their account number changed.  This post is a bit old since this happened a couple of weeks ago.
Dow


http://www.sans.org/sansnews/


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