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Security Breach at USC Exposes Student Applicant Database

A University of Southern California database containing about 270,000 records of past applicants including their names and Social Security numbers was hacked last month, officials said Tuesday. The breach of the university's online application database exposed "dozens" of records to unauthorized individuals, USC said.

USC says database hacked, Reuters, July 19, 2005.