[Dataloss] IA: UI College of Engineering notifies former students of technology miscue

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http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/NEWS01/80111010/1079

The University of Iowa College of Engineering has notified some 216 of its 
former students that some of their personal information, including Social 
Security numbers, was inadvertently exposed on the Internet for several 
months, until the erroneous file location was discovered in early January 
2008. The information did not include birth dates, specific grades, or any 
financial information, such as credit card numbers.

UI technology staff believes there is little risk that the information was 
or will be misused; however, they are advising the students to take 
precautions to protect their financial information by placing "fraud 
alerts" on their files with the three major credit bureaus.

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