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Vital Files Exposed In GMU Hacking
Jonathan Krim, Washington Post 2005-01-11

A computer hacker apparently broke into a George Mason University database containing student and employee Social Security numbers, leaving 32,000 people uncertain whether their finances or identities might be compromised.

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Vital Files Exposed In GMU Hacking 2005-01-12
Anonymous (2 replies)
Social security information would likely be compromised even if the university used "g-numbers"... Why? If hackers are able to exploit windows server flaws to obtain personal information, what would keep them from finding the g-number--social security number lookup table.

The only way to limit these types of attacks is to make software companies and their clients liable for information theft.

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Vital Files Exposed In GMU Hacking 2005-01-13
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