NBC affiliate KWQC.com reports that Iowa State University (ISU) has disclosed a data breach in which Social Security (SSNs) numbers of nearly 30,000 individuals enrolled at the school over a 17-year period have been accessed. At least five information technology servers have reportedly been hacked containing SSNs of students enrolled in specific classes between 1995 and 2012. Officials suspect the purpose of the hack was to generate computing power to create a virtual currency, not to access personal information.
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