Oct 20 2004
Berkeley security a little lacking?
SecurityFocus HOME News: California reports massive data breach
Hacker strikes university computer system
Ouch! There are multiple aspects about this intrusion that disturb me. First, compromised on the 1st, but not discovered until the 30th. Second, it wasn’t reported to the FBI in a timely manner, even once the comprimise was discovered. But the real kicker is that none of the people in the database even knew that their information had even been shared with the University.
How much information about you is being passed around without your knowledge? We have multiple laws in place, both at the state and federal level that are supposed to protect us from this sort of information sharing, but if the government is the one breaking the rules, who’s going to enforce it?
If your name was one of the half a million in this database, welcome to the dark side of the Information Age.
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