UT Austin Data Theft

Update: 14 March 2003 The DoJ announced the arrest of a student, and that the stolen data had not been disseminated.

[ a big thanks to Laura V. for this ] Of Interest to Fellow UT Austin Alumni: on Sunday, March 2nd 2003, an administrative data system at the university was attacked and confidential information on current, as well as former students and staff obtained. UT Austin has an information site on the attack, as well as a way to contact their information security group to confirm if your information was compromised.

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