Hackers access personal information of 180,000 former students
Officials at Western Illinois University are looking into how to lessen the time it takes to notify students and alums of computer security breaches.
The move comes after it took a month for the school to notify former students that hackers had accessed their personal information.
The social security numbers and credit card information of about 180-thousand former students were accessed on June Fifth, but the school didn't send notices about the breach until June 26th.
School officials say the breach was fixed the day it was discovered.
School spokesman John Maguire said officials don't think any of the information has been used.
