Note to editors and news directors:
Additional information regarding the breach of the University Auxiliary
Services server is available here:
www.calstatela.edu/uasincident.
STEPS TAKEN TO CONTROL
UAS COMPUTER BREACH
Los Angeles, CA
– A computer server used by University Auxiliary Services, Inc. (UAS) at
Cal State L.A. has been secured after the discovery that the names and
Social Security numbers of at least 6,601 individuals were potentially
exposed to an unauthorized intruder.
The University
has notified all affected individuals whom it can reach that, while no
evidence has been found to indicate a crime or an inappropriate use of
the information, the breach presents a potential for information misuse.
UAS coordinates
and provides financial support services and human resources management
for the University’s contracts and grants administration. It also is
responsible for administering bookstore operations, food services and
child care services.
Only individuals
who had payroll processed by UAS (dating back to 1999) are potentially
affected by this incident. Those would include student workers, faculty
conducting research, externally-funded projects and independent
contractors.
In October, Cal
State L.A. was notified by a university in another state that one of its
computers was being used to scan the other university’s computer
network. The suspicious activity was tracked to the UAS server, which
was immediately secured. (A server is a computer that is used to store
data that is shared with multiple users.) No other computer resources at
UAS or the University were exposed or affected.
Further details about the incident are at
www.calstatela.edu/uasincident. # #
# Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of
California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 205,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 12.
Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH- and Rockefeller-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center.
www.calstatela.edu
Back to: News site | Services for Journalists | Public Affairs | Cal State L.A.