Purdue says computers were breached

Purdue university has had three security breaches in the last year.

“Our investigation of a recent information technology security breach shows that the records of 11,360 current and former employees may have been accessed electronically,” said James Bottum, vice president for information technology. “We do not know how or whether the intruders intend to use this information, but we are alerting everyone who may have been affected because this information could be used to commit identity theft.

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