Stanford University has announced that its information technology infrastructure has been breached, “similar to incidents reported in recent months by a range of companies and large organizations in the United States,” according to a Stanford press release. Though the school does not yet “know the scope of the intrusion,” an investigation is underway. “We are not aware of any protected health information, personal financial information or Social Security numbers being compromised, and Stanford does not conduct classified research.” Meanwhile, Bank Systems & Technology writes, “we have found that many employees, even those who are technically savvy, do not recognize as reportable events the situations that commonly result in a data breach.”
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