Andrea Houston reports:
Trent University is sending out alert letters to several donors and alumni after an off-site computer server containing some personal information was recently hacked.
Dianne Lister, vice-president of external relations, said a power surge between Dec. 22 and Jan. 7 caused the firewall to fail, which left the server unprotected to hackers, worms, bugs and viruses.
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The breached database contained some public and private information on donors and alumni, such as names, employers, job titles and degree information.
There were 21 donors with credit card information on the file, Lister said.
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