[Cialug] ISU Computer Time Stolen to Mine Bitcoin

[Derek Etnyre]

Might be a good time to go dumpster diving at ISU...

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> On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:11 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hackers trying to create Bitcoins hit Iowa State University servers
> http://wqad.com/2014/04/22/hackers-trying-to-create-bitcoins-hit-iowa-state-university-servers/
> 
> "Tens of thousands of former and current students’ personal information was
> on five servers hacked at Iowa State University.
> 
> ""An extensive analysis has revealed the compromised servers contained
> Social Security numbers of 29,780 students enrolled at Iowa State between
> 1995 and 2012," said a statement about the breach on the university’s
> website."
> 
> From the ISU website:
> "Out of an abundance of caution, the university has decommissioned, removed
> from the Internet and destroyed compromised servers."
> 
> Why would they literally destroy the computers?  It's not like the hardware
> gets cooties once it's touched by baddies.
> 
> --
> Todd
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