Carnegie Mellon Says Computers Breached

maotx writes "Carnegie Mellon University is warning more than 5,000 students, employees and graduates that their Social Security numbers and other personal information may have been accessed during a breach of the school's computer network. What makes this one even more interesting compared to other recent break-ins is that CMU is home to the famous CERT."

Re:Poster here

[Meagermanx]

Yes, a group of coughRIAAcoughcoughMPAAcough hackers.
I wonder if the "hackers" found any MP3 files in the information they stole?

Re:um...

[Chris Kamel]

but probably also CERTainly in need of a spell checker

Re:So...

[Anonymous Coward]

Check your credit card statements to see if you've recently ordered a bunch of Ferraris or Brioni suits

Answer

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, please just fill out this short form and I will take care of it for you.

Current Social Security Number: ___-__-____
Full Legal Name: ____________
Date of Birth: __/__/____
Address: _____________
City: __________ State: __
ZIP: ______-____

Thank you.

No problem...

[Darvin]

I don't use my own identity anymore anyway.

Re:Wait... what?

[Anonymous Coward]

Many hackers make the classic blunder of telling everyone and taking out ads on TV and radio. Obviously these ones are sneakier than that.