It doesn't take a big contribution. Pick your comfort level and
please join others to help put the FReepathon to rest. Thank you.
Posted on 02/26/2016 11:26:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
UC Berkeley officials are sending alert notices to approximately 80,000 current and former faculty, staff, students and vendors following a criminal cyberattack on a system storing their Social Security or bank account numbers.
The campus has no evidence that any unauthorized individual actually accessed, acquired or used any personal information; however, it is informing those potentially impacted so they can be alert to signs of any possible misuse of their information and take advantage of credit protection services the campus is offering free of charge.
The attack occurred in late December 2015, when an unauthorized person or persons obtained access to portions of computers that are part of the Berkeley Financial System (BFS). These criminals gained entry through a security flaw that UC Berkeley was in the process of patching. Law enforcement, including the FBI, has been notified.
The BFS is a software application the campus uses for financial management, including purchasing and most non-salary payments. Those potentially impacted include about 57,000 current and former students; about 18,800 former and current employees, including student workers; and 10,300 vendors who do business with the campus.
The campus is providing potentially impacted individuals with one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, along with resources to assist them in monitoring their accounts for any suspicious activity.
What a country. Scare us ALL of the time but NEVER fixing the problems associated with such.
No one cares about keeping their own money there, so this should not be a problem.
So the dire warning is for something that didn't happen?
Sounds like the writer might also produce doubletalk for The UC Climate Change Department.
take advantage of credit protection services the campus is offering free of charge.
Lovely. The same people who allowed a data breach want a second chance to expose your information?
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Well, Obama DID promise us some transparency, didn’t he?
It ALWAYS HAPPENS because some entity (UC, in this case) CONTRACTS OUT to some cheap labor operation, often overseas.
I sure hope the TRUMP-HATING LIBERALS are happy to be the recipients in the latest ‘globalism’ adventure.
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