e-mail, and computer have been hacked, and information distributed

[thedude00]

I am a student in at a CUNY school, and Ive come back to school for the 08fall semester, and find that my fellow students are well informed about my internet uses, and e-mails. i believe this has been a collaborative between several students. My personal information Phone, adress, are by nescessity shared with other students. my social securtiy is most like available through the computer lab, which is run by students, as well as information such as e-mail passwords. Im not sure exactly who is responsible for the hack, or sharing the information with other students, but i do have a very good idea as to who it was; as well as people who have told me (but not in so many words) that they know very peronal informatiuon about myself.

is there any legal recourse which can be taken?

 

[Michael Wechsler]

To begin, if there is a problem have you filed a complaint? If you walk into a court complaining about a problem you need to prove damages in addition to causation (the link between the damage and the cause.)

 

[thedude00]

To begin, if there is a problem have you filed a complaint? If you walk into a court complaining about a problem you need to prove damages in addition to causation (the link between the damage and the cause.)

Ive made no formal complaint, because i have no proof, nor do i have someone willing to go to bat for me. Therefor finding a "cause" is nearly impossible.

secondly Ive realized later on after resetting passwords that the university computer lab was not involved. It was simply a matter of person X pretending to be my friend while fishing for information. I can recall when i accidentally gave him the information necessary to obtain my e-mail password, which was also used for my computer.

From what ive read on these threads, if that is the case theres not much that can be done, and its most likely best just to change all of your passwords and drop the case.

lastly if i were to make a formal complaint, would i go to the police, or the university?

thanks for your time