Cyber security experts: Hackers target children’s SS numbers

 For computer hackers looking to steal someone’s identity, there’s nothing better than taking the social security number of a child, say cyber security experts at two area universities.

Excela Health stopped 832 “violent intrusions” by hackers trying to gain access to the social security numbers of children in the last month, Excela Chief Executive John Sphon said recently.

Excela, which has an information systems security professional on its cyber team, said its intrusion software caught the hackers and its detection software reported the largest number originated in Vietnam.