[Dataloss] IN: 50 students' personal information leaked onto the Internet
lyger
lyger at attrition.org
Wed Jul 18 21:48:16 UTC 2007
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php?module=article&story_id=6432
Purdue University is informing 50 people who were students in spring 2002
or fall 2004 that a Web page containing information about them was
inadvertently available on the Internet.
During a scan for Social Security numbers, the files - which were no
longer in use - were discovered on a computer server connected to the
Internet. The files contained names and Social Security numbers of
students who were enrolled in an industrial engineering 500-level course.
The page has been removed, and letters are in the mail to those
potentially affected.
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