Security Breach Affects Patrons of the Arts and Doctoral Candidates Alike
Submitted by Adam Dodge on Tue, 2006-08-01 02:00
Quick Facts
- Date: 08/01/2006
- Institution: Wichita State University
- Type of Incident: Penetration
- Number Affected: 2,040
- Source: Attrition.org
- Abstract Source: The Wichita Eagle
Abstract
An unknown individuals breached three of the computers in Wichita State University's College of Fine Arts box office and a server belonging to the psychology department. The box office computers contained credit card information on 2,000 individuals while the psychology server contained data on 40 doctoral program applicants. The University has no evidence that any information exposed during these breaches has been used for Identity Theft. However, the University has sent out notifications to all affected individuals and WSU has alerted the three major US credit bureaus. Wichita State University has taken immediate action to secure the affected computer and is investigating the apparent lack of security.