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Sharks Went Crazy in 2011

Sharks were apparently more aggressive in 2011 when compared to previous years. A statistical analysis released on February 7 shows that sharks attacked 75 people last year, killing 12 of them (16 percent). The death toll is well above the average for the past 20 years, experts say. What I find particularly interest...

8 February 2012
06:57 GMT

Alcohol in Hand Sanitizers Shows Up on Alcohol Tests

If you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer at home, and you do so frequently, it may be a good idea to read this before getting behind the wheel. Researchers have recently shown that alcohol in these substances can show up in urine tests meant to gage alcohol consumption.The chemical doesn't have any influence o...

25 May 2011
17:01 GMT

Major Data Breach at the University of Florida

The University of Florida is in the process of notifying over 97,200 current and former students and staff that their personally identifiable information might have been accessed by unauthorized parties. The university's IT staff has recently discovered that an e-learning system that dates back to 1996 had ...

21 February 2009
04:56 GMT

Potentially Racist SMS Sent to Thousands of Students

A message that read “The monkey got out of the cage” was sent to the mobile phones of students and staff from the University of Florida on the Inauguration Day. A man confessed to misusing the university's system and sending the message, which many thought was a racist slur against President Barack O...

22 January 2009
06:17 GMT

Personal Records of Thousands of Dental Patients Compromised

The IT personnel from UF's College of Dentistry discovered, during maintenance, that one of their servers had been remotely compromised. The staff found unauthorized software installed on the server that also contained personal information of more than 330,000 former and current patients.The personal records inc...

17 November 2008
10:08 GMT


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