I got the following mail from McCombs and have confirmed this mail by talking to Jessica. Please confirm with your respective admission contacts at McCombs. Please treat this as a very serious breach. =======================================…
I got the following mail from McCombs and have confirmed this mail by talking to Jessica.
Please confirm with your respective admission contacts at McCombs. Please treat this as a very serious breach.
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From: President William Powers Jr.
Subject: McCombs School of Business security breach
Date: April 25, 2006
A serious breach of security has been discovered in the primary
administrative information system at the McCombs School of Business at
The University of Texas at Austin. This system contains 197,000
individual records, and many but not all, contain Social Security
numbers. Among those in the system are Business School alumni, students
(including students who have taken a few courses or one course at
McCombs), admissions applicants, present and former faculty and staff,
and corporate recruiters. I write to inform you that your record is
contained in the breached McCombs system.
At least 106,000 individual records containing names and Social Security
numbers were accessed (downloaded) by the intruder. If you are a current
McCombs faculty or staff member, initial analysis indicates you are
included in this number. If you are a current McCombs student or
alumnus, there is a very high probability you are included. We are less
certain about the risk to others affiliated with McCombs.
Rather than wait for additional analysis to determine the extent of your
risk, we advise you today to take precautions immediately to protect
your credit. The University strongly recommends that you place a "fraud
alert" on your file with the three major credit bureaus. Instructions
for placing the no-charge fraud alerts, and other information about the
security breach can be found on the special Web site,
You will be receiving additional communication from the University that
clarifies which, if any, information about you was obtained by the
intruder. Please do not wait for our follow-up communication to take
action.
http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/datatheft/
If you have questions or concerns not covered in the above Web site,
please contact the University via email to [email protected]
or by calling 475-9020 (local Austin number) or 866-657-9400
(toll-free). Our help desk is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Please know that the University is committed to doing everything it can
to ensure the security of any personal information received from you,
and to working vigorously with law enforcement authorities to identify
and prosecute those responsible for this intrusion.
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Thanks
-kgkid
i got this one too...
what steps do we need to take?
It is all in that mail. Contact the university office and ask about your case. If you do not have social security # then you are relatively safe. However, e-mail the [email protected] and find out about your case.
kgkid, the link that you have put here gives people details regarding who your employer is. Maybe you want to change that 
Arun
kgkid, the link that you have put here gives people details regarding who your employer is. Maybe you want to change that
Arun
Thanks bro!
scary stuff sometimes.
It is all in that mail. Contact the university office and ask about your case. If you do not have social security # then you are relatively safe. However, e-mail the [email protected] and find out about your case.
As long as one does not have SSN number or has a credit history in US, we need not worry. Source: a AdCOM person!
well i have a SSN....so i should be doing something!:wow: