A report within the help desk system used to track the status of open service calls created a file that was a accessible to everyone. A hacker abused the problem to get information regarding 22,000 current and former students.
Additional information:
- Hacker accessed data at University of Missouri [MSNBC, May 8 2007]
- One-at-a-time hacker grabs 22,000 IDs from Univ. of Missouri [Computerworld, May 9 2007]
- May 2007 Security Incident [University of Missouri, May 8 2007]