College notifying library users of security breach
Someone hacked into the N.C. Community College System server and accessed Social Security and driver’s license numbers of college user libraries, including more than a thousand users of Pamlico Community College's library.
The hacker did not access any personal information, according to a news release, but about 51,000 library users of 25 community colleges across the state will be notified that their information may have been affected by the security breach.
The Social Security numbers of 1,100 people and the driver’s license numbers of 324 people were stored on the state system’s server at the time of the hacking, said Ben Casey, the college’s community relations and marketing coordinator. Colleges originally collected those numbers to help identify library users.
