[HIB]University of Maine Servers Compromised

The Maine Legislature and the University of Maine are the fresh victims of hackers, though it is believed that the two attacks bear no similarity. A legislative website and two university servers have been hacked. One website is still offline and the police are investigating. The systems might have been infected via viruses. It is also believed that hackers might have stolen the birthdates, social security numbers and acquired other sensitive information of several thousand students and alumni who have taken the services of University of Maine over the past eight years. They have also compromised their clinical information. According to the University Police, hackers also broke into the information from the counseling center of the Orono campus. Robert Dana, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, stated that students or alumni who visited the affected counseling center between August 8, 2002 and June 12, 2010 should presume themselves to be in the compromised database, reported Bangor Daily News on June 29, 2010.

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