According to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, hackers broke into its computer system and installed malware on it, potentially leaking database consisting of names as well as Social Security Numbers (SSNs) belonging to approximately 75,000 students, staff and faculty. JSOnline reported this on August 10, 2011.
Also, while nothing was confirmed about the length of time the malicious software remained active on the system, the latter was closed immediately when the hack became evident. Authorities speculated that miscreants utilized the malware for detecting advanced research being conducted at the school; however, that still requires being validated.
As per the university, its security researchers have no idea as to where the hackers came from although their theory concludes that the intruders were not attempting at committing ID-theft.
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