A&M CC Reports a Hacker Has Been at Work

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Richard Longoria

Story Created: Sep 19, 2008 at 5:57 PM CDT

Story Updated: Sep 19, 2008 at 5:57 PM CDT

September 19, 2008

Texas A&M University officials reported on Friday that Social Security numbers of more than two dozen A&M Corpus Christi students have been compromised. 

A news release from the University reported a class roster was among some documents located on a computer server that was hacked last week. The class roster was for Economics-2301 held during the first summer session of 2004.

Thirty-one names were on the roster. Officials don't think the information was accessed by anyone outside the university.

In 2007 the school stopped using Social Security numbers for student identification to lower the risk of identity theft.

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