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Incident WHID 2007-48

WHID 2007-48: MSU investigating hacking incident
Date: 09 October 2007
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Unknown

Information including birth date and social security number of 1400 students who enrolled online to the Montana State University has been stolen by hackers. While no technical explanation is provided, the fact that only students who enrolled online where affected points to a web site breach.

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