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Alumni file class action lawsuit against UH JANE CALLAHAN Associate News Editor
The University of Hawai‘i is facing a class action lawsuit after fi ve Internet security breaches, the most recent of which occurred last October, bringing the total number of students and alumni at risk for identity theft to 260,243. Gross v. University of Hawai‘i is based upon four of the five breaches and represents 100,000 victims. Social Security numbers, addresses, transcripts and credit card numbers were exposed for up to a year. Thomas Grande, a UH law school alumnus, is acting as counsel, along with Bruce Sherman. Alumni invo volved in the case involved are seekg an n ing injunc t on ti tion which
would require the university to make changes to their computer systems. That includes “forbidding UH from violating the constitutional rights of its students, faculty and guests, as protected by the right to privacy of the United States and Hawai‘i Constitutions by the unauthorized released of private information … and mandating that the University of Hawai‘i take appropriate measures to ensure the protection of private information,” according to the suit’s website. Class action lawsuits are initiated when individual damages would be too small to pres sure a company or institution to make changes. As a collective, a class action suit may have a m act. considerable imp impact. “It’s a vehic e for social cl cle ch hange. You change. can’t comg pel a big company to change
things if you’re making a small claims negligence charge,” said Grande. “With a class action suit, you can force better standards.” The counsel is stating that UH failed to comply with accepted standards of data protection, follow the school’s own guidelines on data use and improve the system once it was proven to be fl awed. “This is an issue of deferred maintenance. They hadn’t updated the system for three or four years,” said Sherman. “They should have been doing this in increments. What you don’t do in come back.” the past comes Grande said that his class representative (1985) was among those ide who had had his identity stolen. “When he went to apply for a job at the Departmen Department of Health, Sec they ran his Social Security numbe e r for a background check,” che ber said Sh Sherman. “They came back to ther were him asking if he knew there fi ve other people using his S Social Security number. He also had He credit cards used in Georgia. He’s not been to Georgia, ever.” not In addition to an injunction, alumni involved are claiming monetary damages to compensate class members for expenses incurred, such as credit report monitorp ograms pr ing programs
and identity theft insurance. Even those who had their personal information exposed, but did not experience identity theft, are not free and clear of risk in the future. Some thieves will hold on to the personal information they’ve acquired for years, and use it long after awareness has died down. Roughly one in five data breach victims experiences identity theft. If the result of the UH breach keeps with such projections, 8,000 alumni can expect to experience identity theft in the future. One of the challenges of the case, according to Sherman, is that “the courts are literally 10 years behind in technology.” Laws have not caught up to the modern age, as “virtually everything is in an electronic format these days,” Sherman added. Courts do not award damages for potential injury, only for injury incurred. In addition, the courts do not award damages for violations of the Constitution by a state official. Furthermore, it is difficult to prove that those who ex experienced identity fraud did so as a result of the UH breach. S Social Security numb numbers are linked to
everything from bank accounts to passports. Thieves can access bank accounts and even open entirely new accounts in the victim’s name. “Social Security numbers are the holy grail [of identity theft],” Grande said. Those who have had their Social Security and credit card information posted on the Internet will forever need to guard their identity. That means consistently monitoring their credit and paying for losses, as well as paying for credit insurance and fraud restoration. While data has been compromised over the internet at other universities, Grande and Sherman pointed out that how they dealt with those breaches determined the response. Last October, Ohio State University experienced a secud rity breach that compromised 760,000 students and alumni.. d The school immediately notified d those affected, and promised se free credit protection for those involved. UH did send letters to See Security breach, next page
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alumni alerting them of the breach, “and then you never heard about it again,” said Grande. Grande said that when counsel examined 50 breaches at other universities, “virtually every single one took the affi rmative step of offering credit monitoring and offering credit insurance to the victims of the breach.” He also pointed out that “there were no lawsuits fi led in that case.” The University of Hawai‘i has announced that it will take initiative to improve the system, but UH Vice President of Information Technology David Lassner said in a legislative briefi ng that it would cost $1.9 million to improve data security. Parties are still unsure how cash-strapped UH plans to fi nd $1.9 million. One proposal was to abandon projects within the IT budget in order to free up funds. Those projects cost around $20 million a year, according to Grande. As for conjuring up the projected $1.9 million, Sherman said, “They’ll have to... It has to be found.” Go to www.UHdatabreachlawsuit.com for more information and updates.
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Between 2008 and 2010, UH security
breaches made up 4.5 percent of all university breaches in the United States. •
Victims of security breaches are four
times more likely to experience identity theft. •
In 2009, identity theft cost the U.S. $54
billion, meaning each tax payer’s average contribution to the problem was $422. •
Between 2005 and 2010, UH’s lack of
internet security had accounted for 54 percent of all cyber breaches in Hawai‘i. * Sources: LibertyCoalition.net and Javelin Strategy and Research
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Hot pot at home ELLISE A K AZAWA Managing Editor If you’re short on cooking skills, but want to serve a fun, cheap and semi-healthy meal for friends, look no further than hot pot.
MORE THAN A POT THATʼS HOT
For the uninitiated, hot pot is a broad term that describes cooking meat, vegetables and noodles in a pot or pan. There are many different variations, including Taiwanese, served at Sweet Home Café, or the Japanese version, offered at Shabu Shabu House. Ultimately, these variations depend on the ingredients, and not the method itself. So why attempt hot pot at
home? The primary reason is because it’s cheap. When you dine at a hot pot restaurant, you are paying someone else to let you cook your own food in what is essentially boiling, fl avored water. Factor in tax and tip, and you’re looking at about $80-$100 for a group of four to go out. If you attempt hot pot at home and purchase your ingredients from Don Quijote or a farmer’s market, you are looking at a total of $20 -$30 — significantly less than what you would have spent eating out. Moreover, hot pot at home is fast, fun and requires almost zero cooking ability. If you can boil water and chop vegetables, you’re good to go.
COOKING TIME First, you need to ensure that you have the proper setup. Chances are, you don’t own a hot potstyle cooker or burner at home, so you will most likely be eating around the stove. If you can fi nd a few bar stools, you’re set. If you plan on eating hot potstyle in the long run, it might be worth it to invest in a hot pot for your dining table. Such devices range from a $20 electric burner on which to put your pot/pan, to $150 models that feature digital temperature control. Second, you need to shop for your groceries. If Chinatown or Don Quijote is too much of a trek, the Campus Center farmer’s market, See Hot pot, next page
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Head coach Dana Takahara-Dias said freshmen Kamilah Jackson, Sydney Haydel and Shawna Lei-Kuehu (left to right) will help turn the women’s basketball program around. RUSSELL TOLENTINO Sports Editor If you want to build a championship program, why not start with championship players? That’s the mindset for Dana Takahara-Dias, who is in her second year as the Rainbow Wahine basketball head coach. “We’re trying to recruit players that know how to win and have done it,” Takahara-Dias said. “We’re not only looking for good studentathletes in the classroom and great competitors, but also ones that have the formula of how to win.” Granted, her team is struggling this season at 6-14 (and was only 10-20 last year), but Takahara-Dias said she believes her three freshmen can turn the program around during their careers. A fter all, they’ve already been champions. Guard Sydney Haydel helped Harvard-Westlake to the 2010 Cali-
fornia division state championship. Forward Kamilah Jackson was part of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep’s 2007 California Division III state-title team and 2008’s state and national championship team. Forward Shawna Lei-Kuehu led Punahou to Hawai‘i state titles in 2005, 2006 and 2008. “We’re gonna try to build around this recruiting class, who are athletic, who like to compete — but more importantly, have always won in high school,” Takahara-Dias said. The three have shown so far this season that they’re a good group with which to start. Jackson is tied for fi rst in the nation with 13.1 rebounds per game and also leads the team with 13 points per game. Kuehu is tied for fi rst on the team with 22 blocks and averages 8.4 points per game, while Haydel is the team’s top defensive sub. “Just to see them play at this level at such an early time is an indicator for us,” Takahara-Dias
said. “[They] have actually done a wonderful job transitioning into a system. It’s a growing process, it’s a learning process.” Still, it hasn’t been easy for the freshmen — or the team — to be struggling. “Yes, it has been very hard losing games, especially when we know we should have won,” Jackson said. So what will it take to build a winning program? According to Jackson, it will take “faith, because we have to have faith in the coaching staff that whatever they tell us will help us, whether it being a defense or an offense. Hard work, because you can’t just win on talent alone. And heart, because at the end of the game it’s about who wants it the most.” The adversity this season could help the team in the future. Jackson said it has taught the team about perseverance and unity. “There are so many things you
have to push through in life and if you don’t have mental toughness to say ‘I’m not tired’ or ‘I’m not going to give up,’ then you aren’t going to be able to complete that task,” Jackson said. “Once we click, we are going to start winning, but we just have to learn how to put two halves together. And by the time we are seniors, I think that we will be a winning program,” Jackson continued. Current senior Megan Tinnin is optimistic that the freshmen can fi nish their careers just as they came in — winners. “The team is on a really good track. With the experience [the freshmen are] getting now, it’s only going to make them better next year and the next year,” Tinnin said. “Coach Dana is doing a great job getting them in the game, and their contributions are key.” Jackson seems to agree. “Coach Dana recruited us because we knew how to win,” Jackson
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