[Dataloss] Marines' personal data exposed on Web
lyger
lyger at attrition.org
Thu Jul 26 17:26:45 UTC 2007
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/07/marine_data_exposed_070726/
Some Marines. personal information, including names and Social Security
numbers, was inadvertently posted online recently, exposing more than
10,000 leathernecks to potential identity theft, the Corps announced.
Under a research contract, Penn State University obtained from the Corps
the personal information of Marines who had rifle range requalification
records while attending Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.,
from January 2004 through December 2006.
The data belonging to 10,554 Marines was "improperly posted" by Penn
State, according to a Corps-wide message.
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