Did Napsterer replace student info with MP3s?
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana–Police are investigating a breach in computer security that allowed someone to access personal information on more than 2,000 Indiana University graduate students. Most of the information taken from the university server appears to have gone to a university in Sweden, said Perry Metz, associate vice president of the university’s Bloomington campus. The unauthorized visitor downloaded the names and Social Security numbers of about 2,600 students, while leaving behind a cache of downloaded music files. University officials believe the student data was taken by accident, since the person was looking for computer space to store the MP3 files. “It’s a common trait for students to look for storage space on the Web,” said Metz. “They go to Napster, find all these music files, then need a place to store them.” The server had been left unsecured after a computer crash on a day when the person who would normally deal with a computer problem was out sick, Metz said. Another
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