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The intrusion, which was described by university officials as a"skilled attack," exposed the Social Security Numbers (SSNs),names, addresses, course grades financial aid and other informationon students who attended the university since 1985. Students, alumni and applicants at all four of the universitycampuses -- Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney and the Medical Center -- wereaffected by the intrusion. The breach also exposed personal dataand financial information for parents of students who applied forfinancial aid at UNL, according to the university. A staff memberin UNL's Computing Services Network discovered the breach in theNebraska Student Information System (NeSIS) on May 23. The system is used to manage student admissions, campus housing andcourse registration. It was built over a three-year period at acost of $29.9 million, has been operational for the past two yearsand is based on Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutionplatform. The technology is now in use at more than 800universities in 20 countries, according to a University of Nebraskadescription of the software. An FAQ on the incident posted by the university makes it clear thatpersonal data in the breached server was not encrypted. "However,we are confident that the type of attack we experienced would havebypassed any encryption that was in place," the university said,without offering any further explanation of the attack. The vulnerability that enabled the intrusion has since been closedand the university is currently working with a third-party firm toreview and address remaining vulnerabilities, the FAQ says. Allaffected individuals have been notified about the potentialcompromise of their personal data. Breaches such as these continue to be relatively common inuniversity environments, despite more awareness of the problem. Sofar this year, there have been at least 32 publicly disclosedbreaches involving universities, according to data breach recordsmaintained by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. A total of 1.17 million personal records have been compromised sofar in these incidents. The breach at UNL is by far the biggest one at a university thisyear. Earlier this year, SSNs and other personal records of anestimated 350,000 people at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte were exposed when the data became directly accessibleover the Internet as the result of a system misconfiguration. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Hair Thinning Scissors , Saltwater Fishing Pliers, and more. For more , please visit Professional Hairdressing Scissors today!
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