Data breach at University of Maryland exposes 300K records

School president apologies for a “sophisticated” security breach that exposed the sensitive personal information faculty, staff, and students at the school since 1998.

The sensitive personal information for more than 300,000 faculty, staff, and students at the University of Maryland were stolen in a “sophisticated” cyberattack on the school’s recently bolstered security defenses, the school’s president revealed late Wednesday.

The names, Social Security numbers, and birth dates of 309,079 individuals affiliated with school’s College Park and Shady Grove campuses who were issued a university identification card since 1998 were exposed in Tuesday’s attack, according to an apology issued Wednesday by university President Wallace Loh. 

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