Paul Stanway Jr
07-13-2005, 08:43 PM
College Applicants' Files May Have Been Read
AP
The hacker took advantage of a security flaw he discovered while trying to use the USC Web site on June 20, said Robert M. Wood, USC's information security officer. However, the hacker then reported the flaw to an online security magazine, SecurityFocus, and the publication informed USC.
Officials of the University of Southern California said they will contact everyone who used the school's online application system in the past eight years to warn them that a hacker may have been able to read their files.
Read more at http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/44514.html
AP
The hacker took advantage of a security flaw he discovered while trying to use the USC Web site on June 20, said Robert M. Wood, USC's information security officer. However, the hacker then reported the flaw to an online security magazine, SecurityFocus, and the publication informed USC.
Officials of the University of Southern California said they will contact everyone who used the school's online application system in the past eight years to warn them that a hacker may have been able to read their files.
Read more at http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/44514.html