CNN is reporting that UCLA’s computer system containing social security numbers and other vital information was hacked between October 2005 and November 2006. Some 800,000 people’s records could have been compromised.
What is going on with this picture? How can it be that someone was trolling around in the system for over a year without being caught. Apparently they realized there was a problem when they started noticing strange search requests. Makes me wonder whether they were looking at those requests earlier.
I thought computer security people would have learned from the blow up about the Veteran’s Administration records etc. Seems that every week there is another report about a security lapse. And some people are still concerned about using a credit card online! That is the least of our worries when it comes to protecting our identity!
