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Hack Attack Exposes 30,000 at George Mason University By Ed Raymond January 11, 2005 12:55PM     The computer system at George Mason University in Virginia was hit by hackers over the holidays, placing personal information on more than 30,000 students and staff members at risk.   Related Topics university-hack-attack Latest News Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU Macworld Focuses on Mobile Apps MS: Windows 7 Doesn't Hurt Battery Nexus One 'Support' Passes the Buck MS: Russian Pirates Scamming Us Intruders hacked into the computer system at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, earlier this month, capturing names, Social Security numbers and other information about more than 30,000 students and staff, university officials say. University officials discovered the breach on January 3rd. The school has notified students and staff of the intrusion. University police are investigating. Ironically, the university was in the process of removing students' social security numbers from the database, in keeping with a new state law designed to reduce the possibility of identity theft. The GMU break-in is the latest in a series of security breaches at major universities. Last year, hackers stole information about 1.4 million people from a computer at the University of California, Berkeley. Both the University of Texas at Austin and the Georgia Institute of Technology were hit by hackers in 2003.   Tell Us What You Think Your Comment: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Advertisement 1.   iPhone OS, Android Gain in Q4 2.   Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU 3.   IT Managers Focus on Wrong Tasks 4.   Symmetricom's Time-Scale System 5.   Firms Team for Wireless Solutions

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