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[–] 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This wreaks of something. I just looked up the numbers for students and staff there, and we are talking like 100+ years to get that many people worth of records. I understand it has been around long enough for that... but most of it would be extremely out of relevance.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Attackers claim to have stolen data on over a million individuals associated with the university.

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    Many universities have a conferencing department that rents out residential and nonresidential rooms on campus when not in use by students. Some universities can have tens of thousands of people on campus in a single summer. In addition to students, staff, vendors, etc., all of whom the university might have stored info about, that might make it take fewer than 100 years to get up to 1,000,000. If that number is accurate.

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  • [–] 2 points 17 hours ago

    If you're still a dependent while a student, completing the FAFSA requires submitting tax information from both your parents. Information on applicants who didn't actually attend would also be in their systems.

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