Hack at UC Berkeley Potentially Nets 1.4 Million SSNs

By Lisa Vaas October 20, 2004

Hackers took advantage of a known vulnerability on an unpatched computer to potentially gain access to some 1.4 million names, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, addresses and dates of birth at University of California at Berkeley, officials said Tuesday.

The personal data was that of recipients and providers for the state's In Home Supportive Services program, which provides in-home care for elderly people. The data was being used by a researcher, who was studying the impact of wages and benefits paid for by providers and how it impacts the relationship between providers and recipients of in-home care, according to Carlos Ramos, assistant secretary at the California Health and Human Services Agency. [...]

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