[Cialug] ISU Computer Time Stolen to Mine Bitcoin

[Todd Walton]

Hackers trying to create Bitcoins hit Iowa State University servers
http://wqad.com/2014/04/22/hackers-trying-to-create-bitcoins-hit-iowa-state-university-servers/

"Tens of thousands of former and current students’ personal information was
on five servers hacked at Iowa State University.

""An extensive analysis has revealed the compromised servers contained
Social Security numbers of 29,780 students enrolled at Iowa State between
1995 and 2012," said a statement about the breach on the university’s
website."

>From the ISU website:
"Out of an abundance of caution, the university has decommissioned, removed
from the Internet and destroyed compromised servers."

Why would they literally destroy the computers?  It's not like the hardware
gets cooties once it's touched by baddies.

--
Todd