If you are a Uuniversity of Texas student or faculty member then you should certainly pay more attention to your credit report and financial information in the coming months. A computer hacker has compromised the UT computer system and was able to obtain over 100,000 social security numbers and names.
A hacker compromised the business school computer system and obtained the names and Social Security numbers of 106,000 people, including all faculty and staff, most students and about half the alumni, a UT official said Monday. Dan Updegrove, the universitys vice president for information technology, said there have been no reports of identity theft but urged anyone who feared it had happened to register a fraud alert with a major credit agency. He said the universitys help desk is getting about 150 calls an hour, mostly from alumni, after announcing Sunday that nearly 200,000 electronic records at the McCombs School of Business had been illegally accessed. The school is working with federal, state and local investigators, but Updegrove declined to comment on specifics of the investigation. He said officials are still focusing on potential – more available