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Greensboro College detects data breach, new safeguards in place

Greensboro College detects data breach, new safeguards in place
MEDIA. GREENSBORO COLLEGE IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT A DATA BREACH. THE COLLEGE SAYS IT DETECTED POTENTIALLY MALICIOUS ACTIVITY IN ITS COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND REPORTED IT TO POLICE. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON ACCESSED THE SYMPTOMS IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. WE’RE TOLD NAMES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND MORE INFORMATION COULD
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Greensboro College detects data breach, new safeguards in place
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Greensboro College said it is making sure students and staff know about a data breach.

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    The college said it detected potentially malicious activity in its computer systems between Aug. 10-21 of last year. The school then reported this to the local police.

    The school said the investigation found an unauthorized person accessed systems across the campus.

    Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscasts

    Greensboro College said names, social security numbers, financial accounts and more information could have been compromised.

    The school also said it is currently putting up new safeguards to prevent this from happening in the future.

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    Keep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here