Hawaiian Community College Computers Hacked with Malware and Leave Over 15,000 at Risk for Identity Theft

It comes as no surprise that with the growing “internet age,” security of computers and networked data is at risk.

Kapiolani Community College, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, is the recent victim of an internet security breach after school staff found a computer infected with malware on their school computer network. On this network was not only the information of over 15,000 financial aid applicants, but this information was connected to a computer that did have names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers as well.

This possible data breach was brought to the attention of the Honolulu Police Department and the FBI, and the Kapiolani Community College is urging all of their students to monitor their credit reports best achieved with a credit monitoring service.