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Lowering the bar for hacking

Lowering the bar for hacking 03/19/2003 10:25 PM

Information related to 55,200 social security numbers were "stolen" from the University of Texas, and the "hacker" has turned himself in.  His crime?  Scanning ~2.7 million social security numbers through a web interface.  Obviously there are some security concerns here.




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