UMKC in deep doodoo - 17K pwds pwn3d

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

One guess as to the operating system....
Your (MO) tax dollars at work.

UMKC - The "Show Me Your Passwords" University

From http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040114-111403-6626r.htm

Hacker may have gotten school's passwords

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A hacker got into the University of
Missouri-Kansas City's computer system, compromising about 17,000 passwords,
the Kansas City Star reported Wednesday.

University officials confirmed the security violation Tuesday.

"If someone got that file and knew what they were doing, they could get working
passwords, if they had it four days," Gary Fish, head of Fishnet Security
Systems, said.

The school's entire Internet system was temporarily shut down Monday, as
students returned from holiday break to classes. All university users were
required to change their passwords to new, more complicated ones.

School officials said they have turned the investigation over to the FBI. But
they insist the security breach was a one-time incident that their anti-hacker
software detected.

The hacker downloaded an encrypted file containing passwords for university
e-mail accounts, said Tom Brenneman, interim director of information services.
He said there was no evidence that any other university files had been tampered
with.

"We are confident that we have stopped any and all problems with this,"
Brenneman said.

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