[Dataloss] TN: MTSU: 1, 500 Social Security numbers on breached computer

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http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NEWS01/80213045

MTSU officials said today an unknown person accessed a computer containing 
the names and Social Security numbers of about 1,500 past and current 
students.

A professor left the university computer unattended in the mass 
communication department about two weeks ago and an unidentified person is 
believed to have used the machine to send spam e-mails, MTSU spokesman Tom 
Tozer told The Daily News Journal.

"Although we have discovered that it was technically possible to access 
this file containing your personal information, we have no evidence that 
this file was actually accessed by anyone," a letter from the university 
to those affected stated. "We are notifying you simply as a precaution."

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