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Fairfield University Data Breach Exposes 135,000 Personal Records

Calendar May 31, 2006 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Increasing numbers of university systems are becoming targets for hackers. The recent incident involves the Fairfield, Connecticut-based Sacred Heart University. The university's system containing information on 135,000 individuals was hacked recently and data consisting of personal information like names, addresses, and Social Security numbers were stolen.

The data, according to sources, included details on people other than students, who had never attended the university at any point of time. It was not clear why the university had collected and stored this information in its system.