UC Davis Admission Records Illegally Accessed
Quick Facts
- Date: 6/27/2007
- Institution: University of California, Davis
- Type of Incident: Penetration
- Number Affected: 1,495
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: MSN Money
- Update Source: UC Davis News & Information
Abstract
University of California, Davis officials are alerting applicants to the university's School of Veterinary Medicine over a recently discovered computer security breach. UC Davis discovered that unknown individuals had gained unauthorized access to 1,120 2007-2008 prospective student applications and 375 applications for the 2004-2005 school year. Contained on these applications are student names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and school history. UC Davis became aware of the breach when an accepted student went to register for a computer account and was told an account already existed for them. UC Davis campus police are investigating this incident with the help of the Sacramento Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force.
Update: In a June 27 letter to all affected individuals, UC Davis Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine Bennie Osburn announced that the university will pay for one year of credit monitoring service for all affected individuals. In addition, the letter urged individuals to learn more follow the steps outlined on the FTC's web site, the Social Security Administration's anti-fraud hotline and the Identity Theft Victim Web site. Any student affected by this incident that was admitted to the School of Veterinary Medicine was asked to change their computer account password and fill out challenge questions to help prevent misuse in the future.
