Hackers access personal info on faculty members at Univ. of Virginia
About 6,000 current and former University of Virginia (UVa) faculty members are being notified that their names, Social Security numbers and birth dates may have been stolen by computer hackers between May 2005 and April 19 of this year.
In an announcement on Friday, the Charlottesville-based college said the security breach was discovered in an unidentified computer program. The statement said that no credit card, bank account or salary information was accessed, and no data involving students or nonfaculty employees was accessed.
The breach was fixed and the application was secured, according to the school, which said it is taking precautions to minimize future security risks on its systems.
