Thursday, 21 August 2014

Professor hacks University Health Conway in demonstration for class

Louisiana-based University Health Conway is notifying more than 6,000 patients that a computer science professor from the City College of San Francisco gained access to a server with their personal information while demonstrating computer system vulnerabilities to a class.
How many victims? 6,073. 
What type of personal information? Guarantor names, account numbers and payment amounts.
What happened? A computer science professor from the City College of San Francisco accessed the server containing the data while demonstrating computer system vulnerabilities to a class.
What was the response? The computer science professor notified University Health Conway. Actions are being taken to secure the computer server and increase security monitoring of computer systems. University Health Conway is notifying all impacted individuals.
Details: The breach occurred on Monday and the computer science professor notified University Health Conway on Tuesday. The information dates back to 2012.

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