Hacker Gains Access to University Records
The names and Social Security numbers of more than 61,000 people who applied to or attended Sonoma State University between 1995 and 2002 were accessed by a hacker last month, the university said Monday.
Katharyn Crabbe, the school’s vice president for student affairs and enrollment, said the hacker got into the files through seven campus computer workstations.
The files included data on many students who applied but never went to the school, making it difficult for the university to reach them, Crabbe said.
The university plans to send e-mails to as many of the people affected as possible and has posted information on its website, Crabbe said.
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