CryptoBox
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
SB1386
Identity Theft trend?
Over the past year, a lot of personal information has been compromised
at several universities. At this point I don't yet think that this
represents hackers targeting personal information for identity theft or
fraud, but the public and at least the California legislature has taken
notice. Anyone who is an IT admin or security professional or lawyer
involved with IT should be aware of this:
The California State law, SB-1386:
http://www.sb-1386.com/
The San Diego compromise:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7275-2004May7.html
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/education/3276559/detail.html
Recent similar compromise at Indiana State University:
http://www.indianastatesman.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/21/
40860575d6d09
Recent similar compromise at Georgia Institue of Technology:
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/
0,10801,69213,00.html
Recent similar compromise at University of Georgia:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/30/computer.breach.ap/
