UC Berkeley's Financial System (BFS) was hacked by unauthorized person or a team on Monday after the Christmas 2015. Paul Rivers, UC Berkeley’s chief information security officer and his team quickly identified the wind of breach and He and his team took action in the next several days. On Friday, they started sending alert notices to approximately 80,000 people current and former faculty, staff, students and vendors.
There is no evidence that any of the exposed information has been illegally copied, university officials said, but the hack, which occurred Dec. 28, has put that sensitive data at risk.
UC Berkeley has informed both law enforcement, and FBI about the hack.
The BFS is used for all financial management, purchasing and most non-salary payments in the campus. The potential victims include about 57,000 current and former students; about 18,800 former and current employees, including student workers; and 10,300 vendors who do business with the campus.
“The security and privacy of the personal information provided to the university is of great importance to us,” Rivers said “We regret that this occurred and have taken additional measures to better safeguard that information.”
The campus is providing one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance, along with resources to assist everyone who is connected with any kind of financial transaction with UC Berkeley. At the same time,the campus data security chief is wary of how much he says publicly, fearing tipping off others who might attack campus computer systems.
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