Harvard Hacker Breach Exposes Information On 10,000 Graduates Students And Applicants

The Associated Press is reporting (link) that Harvard University has suffered a serious data breach.  Harvard has acknowledged that a hacker breached on of their computer servers. The server contained the personal information on approximately 10,000 graduate school applicants.   The data contained approximately 6,600 social security numbers of some of the applicants and students.

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/03.13/99-hacked.html

Boston Globe - Harvard student, applicant files breached
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/03/13/harvard_student_applicant_files_breached/