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UConn Finds Rootkit After 20 Months of Infection

Published June 29, 2005

University of Conneticut system administrators discovered a rootkit on June 20th that had been sitting on their system since October of 2003. It is has not been determined whether or not any of the 72,000 records of current and recent students have been compromised.

To read more about the discovery go to eWeek.com.

To read more about rootkits see this page on SecureFlorida.org.




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