Education Dept Website Exposes Borrower Info

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A software glitch on the Education Department’s website has exposed federal direct student loan borrowers. Users who accessed the site between Sunday and Tuesday were able to see other people’s information such as Social Security number and date of birth.

The Education Department said Wednesday it would arrange for free credit monitoring for as many as 32,000 student loan borrowers after their personal data appeared on its Web site.
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Education Department officials blamed the breach on a routine software upgrade, conducted by Dallas-based contractor Affiliated Computers Services Inc., that mixed up data for different borrowers when users accessed the Web site. Since Sunday, 26 borrowers have complained.

Source: CNN

Written by MCruz on August 24th, 2006 with no comments.
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