Recently, University of Wisconsin has been notifying its students that its server had been compromised by an unknown hacker.The university believes the hacker has stolen the critical information of over 15000 of its students. The data potentially exposed includes the names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and Social Security numbers of students who were admitted or enrolled at UW-Parkside since the fall of 2010. The university authorities came to know about the breach on March 16, 2014 when its staff was undertaking routine maintenance of the lab.
The infected sever was immediately shut down and the forensic company 402 Labs has been hired to probe the case. UW-Parkside CIO Ilya Yakovlev said in a statement that they apologize for any inconvenience that this attack might cause to the students or their family member. He also advised the student to reevaluate their data especially financial statement , so that the loss of any financial resources might be prevented.
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