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| December 13, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From University Wire)

Byline: Julia Erlandson

Personal information of approximately 800,000 present and former University of California at Los Angeles students, staff and faculty was compromised after someone hacked into a university database, in what officials say is apparently the largest incident of its kind at a college or university.

UCLA officials said Monday that a hacker gained access to a restricted university database that contained personal information including Social Security numbers, addresses and contact information. Credit card numbers, banking information and driver's license numbers were not included in the database, but names and…

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