June 3rd, 2007

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Northwestern Student and Applicant Data Exposed Online

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Northwestern University is attempting to contact about 4,000 students and applicants after it was discovered that files containing their personal information had become available online, the school said Friday.

The personal information was stored on a computer at the Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, the school said in a statement. The names and other data were for people who attended or applied to the program from 1991 to 2007.

[Pentagraph.com]

Written by MCruz on June 3rd, 2007 with 1 comment.
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