Vital Files Exposed In GMU Hacking

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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I disagree. msft only just recently started to put their default settings to a more 'secure' mode. Server defaults should have always been to be locked down, requiring administrators to open up what's necessary. And any server containing SSNs or other such info should not enable any kind of public access.

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