A server containing personally identifiable data was illegally accessed by a third party and may have exposed data on 760,000 people. Ohio State University is notifying past and present students, faculty, staff, and student applicants as well as certain contractors and consultants affiliated with the University of the breach. The breach was discovered when staff noticed suspicious activity on a server belonging to the office of the university s CIO in late October. Officials believe the attackers accessed the server in order to launch cyber attacks on other businesses, whose names they were unable to disclose.
Source: https://threatpost.com/unauthorized-access-ohio-state-server-affects-760000-121610/74784/