CCSF data breach, extensive and OOPS, since 1999

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/13/MN4Q1MO9JK.DTL

Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called "an infestation" of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned.
At work for more than a decade, the viruses were detected a few days after Thanksgiving, when the college's data security monitoring service detected an unusual pattern of computer traffic, flagging trouble.


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Russian addresses

Since Nov. 28, college officials have traced at least 723 Internet protocol addresses to the Russian Business Network, "a notorious gang in the business of stealing and selling personal information," Hotchkiss said.
Once known as "the granddaddy of online hosting networks for criminals," the Russian Business Network disbanded around 2008, according to computer security company Symantec of Mountain View. But criminals are still collecting the data - and American college students are often prime victims.
"Unfortunately, penetration into higher education is not uncommon," said Tim Matthews of Symantec's data loss prevention team. "A lot of criminals see students as investments in the future - people with clean credit records who, if they get a college degree, will be high income and a good identity to steal."
He said the criminals often hold onto the information for years as it becomes more valuable.
Nearly 1 in 5 cyber security breaches are connected to higher education, Matthews said ​

Well, isn't that special?!

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There was a lot of discussion on this late last year. It's no surprise because despite people putting security in place, it hasn't really been a major focus in budget or design.

There is a lot changing the game. If anyone is looking to have a good career, security would be it over the next 10 years.