Tuesday January 10, 2012 year: 132 No. 5
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MICHAEL PERIATT Asst. sports editor periatt.1@osu.edu
Big Ten roundup
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With Monday’s BCS National Championship Game, mixed opinions ran rampant about the Big Ten’s past season.
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Ohio State Police arrested a student carrying more than $2,000 worth of prehistoric replicas from an on-campus museum, shortly after the student broke into Orton Hall Sunday morning, Nathaniel Harger, a 19-year-old student majoring in biology, allegedly broke into the Orton Geological Museum and attempted to steal several valuable items on display in the museum, when University police arrested him. After the crime, but still before the sun came up, University police called Dale Gnidovec, collections manager and curator at the museum. Gnidovec said the police described Harger as violent. “They had to pull their guns,” Gnidovec said. “He actually tore off one of the claws of the (sloth) skeleton there and used that as a knife to defend himself.” University police said Harger was in possession of a claw, but denied that he used it as a weapon against officers. University police responded to multiple
alarms from Orton Hall, located on the south side The Oval, just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday. After conducting a search of the building, officers located Harger with $2,090 worth of stolen property in his possession. Deputy Chief Richard Morman of University police said Harger was intoxicated and resisted arrest. “(The officers) ordered him down, and he got down on the ground,” Morman said. “They were going to secure him, handcuff him. And he jumped up and took off running. One of our officers tackled him.” Harger was detained and charged with breaking and entering, vandalism, theft and resisting arrest. In addition to the $2,090 he was allegedly caught stealing, University police said Harger damaged $5,200 worth of objects at the museum including a dunkleosteus terrelli (a prehistoric fish) replica valued at $4,000. Harger did not immediately respond to The Lantern’s calls and emails.
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THOMAS BRADLEY / Campus editor
A break-in early Sunday morning resulted in more than $5,000 worth of damage at the Orton Geological Museum. An OSU student was arrested by University police in connection with the break-in.
About 180 affected from server breach ALLY MAROTTI Copy chief marotti.5@osu.edu
Med Center server breach What happened
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Not so far, far away
Based on the popular films, “Shrek the Musical” is scheduled to open Jan. 10 at the Ohio Theatre.
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OSU Medical Center server hacked Nov. 3
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30 patients that had hospital visits between the late 80s to 2004, had first names, last names and diagnosis accessed
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About 150 students at the hospital in 2006 had names and Social Security numbers accessed
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Students notified of hacked server in mid-December
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Patients notified last week
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CHRISTOPHER SCHWARTZ / Managing editor
Department that discovered the medical center breach, although he could not say how. Julie Talbot-Hubbard, the chief information security officer at OSU, said IT looks for cyber vulnerabilities on a monthly basis, but this case was different.
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After a server that contained information of about 180 Ohio State Medical Center students and patients was hacked in November, hospital and university representatives say action is now being taken. The first names, last names and diagnosis of 30 patients that stayed in the hospital between the late 1980s and 2004 could have been accessed on the server at the medical center that was hacked Nov. 3, said David Crawford, communications director at the medical center. “It was information that couldn’t be easily traced,” Crawford said. Students at the medical center whose information was accessed is a different story, Crawford said. The names and social security numbers of about 150 students at the hospital in 2006 were also on the server that was accessed. In 2006, the medical center used social security numbers to identify the students, a policy that has since been changed. “We don’t use social security numbers to identify students anymore,” Crawford said. The students received letters notifying them of the hacked server in mid-December, Crawford said, and the patients were notified about a week ago. Crawford said it was the Information Technology
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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that 552 complaints were received from Ohio residents who reported being victims of an Internet scam last month, and 236 of those reported a monetary loss. “These criminals just want money,” Mike DeWine, Ohio Attorney General, told The Lantern. DeWine said there are many different types of Internet-based scams. One of the more popular scam artist techniques is called “The Grandparent Scam,” DeWine said. “A girl by the name of Sarah calls and acts like she is the grandchild of the victim,” DeWine said. “The grandparent gets fooled and transfers money to her.” Harry Trombitas, a special agent from the FBI, said there are many Internet scams that go unreported. “There is not enough man power to handle every single scam case,” Trombitas said. Trombitas said because of the nature of Internet
“I was notified by an external individual and then my team basically went in, did the investigation and took the server offline,” Talbot-Hubbard said. Alese Russell, a fifth-year in health information management, said she has experience seeing how things work behind-the-scenes in a hospital. She said because of how complex and intricate the systems are, there is always a risk. “Documenting people electronically and having electronic records, there’s always a risk of something like that happening just like it would be with paper,” Russell said. Yet Crawford said nothing like this has happened at the medical center before. But security breaches are nothing new at OSU. On Oct. 22, 2010, the university discovered that a server, which fell under the responsibilities of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, had been breached and the identities of about 760,000 people had been jeopardized. Amy Murray, assistant director of media relations at OSU, said in an email Monday that no “medical center patient records or student health records were involved” in the October 2010 breach. While the IT department determines if there has been a breach, Ohio State Police have a say in whether the breach was accidental or a threat. Captain Dave Rose of University police said there
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crimes, it can be hard for the FBI to investigate all reports. “If, for example, Joe loses $700 … it is hard to investigate that crime,” Trombitas said. Trombitas also said many of these Internet crimes originate in other countries. “Some victims might be part of a case that evolved outside of the country,” Trombitas said. “Countries that have a good relationship with the U.S. help us work identifying these criminals, but in other countries it becomes harder.” Trombitas said the exact amount of people that are victims of an Internet scam is unknown, especially if it goes unreported. “The Internet Crime Complaint Center is not the only place to file cybercrime cases,” Trombitas said. ”There are other agencies where people can file complaints.” Julie Talbot-Hubbard, chief information security officer at Ohio State, said students are also victims of Internet scams and phishing attacks. “With the current threat landscape, students are most vulnerable to social engineering attacks that trick them into revealing their personal information,” Talbot-Hubbard said.
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