"The police may have overstated it, but I just went with what they gave me," Gettleman said.
Frisby, however, claims that he could not tell whether the server that was accessed was main or not. The FBI, he said, did that research.
As for the effect on the system, both Frisby and Steen agreed that there was almost none.
"It looks like all he did was use the server as storage," Frisby said. "He didn't appear to damage it."
Still, the hacking incident raises questions about who is responsible for the system's safety--and about its overall security.
Steen explained that Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) does not take responsibility for securing all individual department computer systems.
"There is no uniform management of security. Each department manages its own security," Steen said.
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