“We flat out messed up on this one,” he told the Austin American-Statesman. “Shame on us for leaving the door open, and shame on them for exploiting it. Our No. 1 goal is to get those data back before they get misused.”Or in other words, we want to close the barn door after the horse has left. If you use one number for everything (and we do, it is called our Social Security Number) then this stuff is going to happen. I am surprised that it has not happened more.
Friday, March 07, 2003
Hackers raid U of Texas database
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