Hacker May Have Hit Over 97K at Univ. of Florida
For the second time in less than four weeks, the University of Florida has been forced to notify students, staff and faculty about a cyber attack.
This time, a hacker got into the university's antiquated Grove system, set up in 1996, and possibly stole the names and social security numbers of more than 97,000 people.
The school's IT staff noticed something unusual while conducting a regular review of the system January 14, and immediately shut Grove down, university spokesperson Janine Sikes told InternetNews.com. Investigation showed someone had broken into the system December 22, and IT notified campus police.
