INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILES: UNLV server accessed

[NVMojo]

Wonder if it was DHS?


March 19, 2005
A hacker has invaded a UNLV server containing thousands of records with foreign students' information, UNLV officials announced Friday.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas computer analysts were conducting a routine security check on network activity when they found a hacker accessing the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, also known as SEVIS.

"We're not sure that he got very far with it. We caught him in the middle of it and took the server off-line, so we're not sure if he got much and how much it is," said Johnie Sullivan, UNLV information security officer and a former FBI computer security specialist.

University officials declined to detail specifics about the attack such as when it happened. But they said the hacker could have accessed the records of as many as 5,000 former and current UNLV international students. The FBI is investigating the incident.

Analysts have determined the suspect is not a university student or employee. Sullivan said this is the first major hack UNLV has experienced on a student data server, Sullivan said.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-19-Sat-2005/news/26110200.html

[TahitiNut]

1. Exchange and Learning Visitor Information System = ELVIS?

Gee, they missed a bet. :silly:

[rodeodance]

2. cute one

[NVMojo]

3. that is funny!

[johnfunk]

4. Why, thank ya, thank ya very much....

viva Las Vegas!