{"id":175479,"date":"2023-04-06T16:12:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T02:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=175479"},"modified":"2023-04-06T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T02:12:17","slug":"data-incident-uh-maui-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/06\/data-incident-uh-maui-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Data incident reported at UH<\/abbr> Maui College"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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In mid-February, University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College learned that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to the University\u2019s computer network. UH<\/abbr> Information Technology Services officials took immediate action as soon as the incident was discovered.<\/p>\n

Experts were engaged to investigate and determine the nature and scope of the incident, which was also reported to law enforcement. The intrusion was isolated to the UH<\/abbr> Maui College network, which had been protected by a firewall and other safeguards before the event. This event did not impact other networks in the UH<\/abbr> System.<\/p>\n

Based on the investigation results, the University identified potentially-impacted files and conducted an extensive review of those files to identify any individuals who may need to be notified. UH<\/abbr> Maui also emailed current employees and staff alerting them to this incident and instructing them to change their passwords.<\/p>\n

Notification letters are being sent out to about 10,500 individuals who may have been impacted, which will include an offer of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.<\/p>\n

“UH<\/abbr> and UH<\/abbr> Maui College take the responsibility to protect the data entrusted to the university seriously,” said Garret Yoshimi<\/strong>, the UH<\/abbr> Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer. “We are fully committed to protecting students\u2019 and employees\u2019 personal information and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or concern this may have caused.”<\/p>\n

Additional steps affected persons may take include:<\/p>\n