[Dataloss] Florida - 619 students' secure data revealed online

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/14891995.htm


A number of Catawba County high school students received an unwanted 
adult-world graduation present: Their Social Security numbers were exposed 
on the Web.

The mother of a graduate found the numbers along with test scores of 619 
students on a school Web site this week. She found the page while looking 
on Google for information about a beauty pageant contestant.

Catawba County Schools officials said the page was password protected and 
they had no idea how Google got access. Google was working to remove the 
page Friday night.

"I wonder how long they've been there and who's got them," said Janet 
Weaver, a Newton mother who discovered the information, "and what damage 
has been done and what kind of repair can be done."

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